{"nrhp_refnum":"76001247","name":"New York Amsterdam News Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2293 7th Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.81488965650007,"lon":-73.94356411965083,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-05-11","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1976-05-11","areas_of_significance":["Black","Communications"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story brownstone row house at 2293 Seventh Avenue in Harlem, New York City, the center unit of five row houses flanked by brick tenements. It housed the New York Amsterdam News newspaper from 1916 to 1938.","why_significant":"The building is tied to the New York Amsterdam News, founded in 1909 by James H. Anderson, which became the nation's most prominent black newspaper. The paper grew most in circulation and national appeal between 1916 and 1938 while based here. It campaigned against lynching and for racial equality, and led black thought and action in print.","narrative":"Standing at 2293 Seventh Avenue in Harlem, this four-story brownstone row house is the center unit of five Greek Revival style houses flanked by brick tenements. The upper floors are residential and the lower floors hold storefronts. The building is about 15 feet wide, with stone masonry bearing walls, a galvanized-iron cornice and decorated brownstone lintels. Its significance comes from the New York Amsterdam News, which moved here in 1916 as circulation grew and remained until 1938, when it relocated to Eighth Avenue. James H. Anderson founded the paper in 1909. During the years at this address it expanded from a Harlem paper to one with national coverage and reputation among black readers. It campaigned against lynching, reported on discrimination and injustice, and in 1927 became the first black-owned weekly to print an issue in rotogravure. It was also the first black newspaper unionized in all departments, in 1936. The building is structurally sound but needs repair, including spalling brownstone.","period_of_significance":"1916 - 1938","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Structurally sound but in need of repair, with spalling brownstone; the row houses are completely occupied except one that is partially vacant.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.672311-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/76001247_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001247/7a20c10f8a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001247/7a20c10f8a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Dmadeo","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2293-seventh-ave.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Dmadeo</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2293-seventh-ave.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315916","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Amsterdam_News_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7013013"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/new-york-amsterdam-news-building-76001247/"}