{"nrhp_refnum":"76001226","name":"Robinson, John Roosevelt \"Jackie\", House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"5224 Tilden St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Brooklyn","state":"NY","lat":40.64811329600005,"lon":-73.92723752249498,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-05-11","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1976-05-11","areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation","Black","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-family, semi-detached tapestry brick dwelling at 5224 Tilden Street in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York, built between 1912 and 1916; the architect and builder are not known.","why_significant":"Baseball player Jackie Robinson lived in the second-floor apartment from 1947 to 1950, just after he broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball with the Brooklyn Dodgers. The nomination places the house within the history of Afro-American participation in sports. It also notes the housing discrimination the Robinsons faced when they sought a home.","narrative":"This two-family, semi-detached tapestry brick house at 5224 Tilden Street in Flatbush, Brooklyn, was built between 1912 and 1916. It follows an English Medieval style, with a Wenham hall type roofline and colonial-style double-hung windows. A second-floor terrace covers the front entrance, and a patio sits beside the first-floor side entrance. A white wrought-iron fence encloses the front and side. It was altered only slightly, when two of four concrete planters were removed from the front steps. Its significance rests on its link to Jackie Robinson, who in 1947 became the first Black player in modern organized major league baseball with the Brooklyn Dodgers. After living in Montreal, Robinson and his wife Rachel met housing discrimination in the United States. With help from friends, they rented the second-floor apartment of this duplex in an all-white neighborhood. The Robinsons lived here from 1947 to 1950, during his first seasons in the major leagues.","period_of_significance":"1947-1950 (residency); 1900- period checked","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"English Medieval building with Wenham hall type roof line and colonial type double-hung windows","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied private residence, in fair condition, only slightly altered by removal of two of four concrete circular planters.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.974533-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/76001226_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001226/85f07bb470-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001226/85f07bb470-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Dmadeo","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jackie-robinson-house.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Dmadeo</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jackie-robinson-house.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315787","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Robinson_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6116628"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/brooklyn/robinson-john-roosevelt-jackie-house-76001226/"}