{"nrhp_refnum":"76001246","name":"Municipal Ferry Pier","other_names":["Battery Maritime Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"11 South St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.70097501500004,"lon":-74.01146212099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-12-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A steel ferry terminal at 11 South Street on the southeast tip of lower Manhattan, at the mouth of the East River, built in 1909 as the Municipal Ferry Pier and also called the Battery Maritime Building. It was designed by the firm of Walker and Morris.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as the last remaining ferry terminal on the East River. It is a significant expression of Beaux Arts style in steel and an example of turn-of-the-century civic architecture in New York City. It is also associated with the city's maritime transportation history.","narrative":"Located at 11 South Street on the southeast tip of lower Manhattan, this steel ferry terminal was completed in 1909 as the Municipal Ferry Pier, serving the line between Manhattan and South Brooklyn. It measures 250 by 140 feet, with three 50-foot rounded arches sheltering three ferry slips. The river facade is riveted steel with pilasters, scrolled capitals, latticework and rosettes, while the street side has a tall portico on five steel arches. Designed by Walker and Morris and erected by engineer Frederick Snare, it shows how ornate Beaux Arts detail could be rendered in structural steel. Charles Morris had studied at the Beaux Arts school in Paris. It is the last remaining ferry terminal on the East River and reflects the port's maritime history. A mid-twentieth-century office story was added, and the original waiting room remains largely intact. The building has operated continuously since 1909 and houses city marine offices.","period_of_significance":"1909","architect_builder":"Richard Walker and Charles Morris (Walker and Morris); erected by engineer Frederick Snare","architectural_style":"Beaux Arts","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in continuous operation as a ferry terminal since 1909; it houses city Department of Marine and Aviation offices, and a mid-twentieth-century office story was added on top.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.959363-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/76001246.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001246/914d46990d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001246/914d46990d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Americasroof","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Municipal-pier-nyc.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Americasroof</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Municipal-pier-nyc.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319756","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_Maritime_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2687430"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/municipal-ferry-pier-76001246/"}