{"nrhp_refnum":"76001265","name":"Armstrong, Louis, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3456 107th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Queens","state":"NY","lat":40.75449239300005,"lon":-73.86158198420789,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-05-11","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1976-05-11","areas_of_significance":["Black","Social History","Performing Arts"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half story red brick rowhouse at 3456 107th Street in Corona, Queens, New York, a turn-of-the-century 11-room house on a walled six-lot site, later home to Louis Armstrong.","why_significant":"The house was the residence of jazz musician Louis Armstrong from 1940 to 1971. The nomination describes him as one of the most creative, influential and popular American musicians, arrangers and composers, and as a US goodwill ambassador through his music. Much of the interior remains as he used it, with many of his possessions and artifacts.","narrative":"This red brick rowhouse at 3456 107th Street in Corona, Queens, was the home of jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong and his wife for thirty-five years, from 1940 until his death in 1971. Built around the turn of the century, the two-and-a-half story, 11-room house has a front addition, an attached garage and a six-foot brick wall enclosing a six-lot site with a landscaped garden, patio and bar. Its street front features limestone sills and lintels, a pointed arched marble entrance surround and a wood cornice with modillions and festoons. The house was listed because of Armstrong's importance. Born in New Orleans in 1900, he rose to international fame over a career of more than fifty-five years, helped bring jazz to recognition as an American art form, popularized scat singing, and toured the world as a State Department goodwill ambassador. Much of the interior remains as he used it, with many of his possessions still inside.","period_of_significance":"1940-1971","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good, excellent repair and almost completely renovated during the Armstrongs' 35-year ownership; the widow wished it to become a memorial to him later.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.184027-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/76001265_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001265/ac9b0d3910-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001265/ac9b0d3910-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Dmadeo","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Louis-armstrong-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:Louis-armstrong-house.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316022","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Armstrong_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6686652"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/queens/armstrong-louis-house-76001265/"}