{"nrhp_refnum":"76001266","name":"Bunche, Ralph, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"115--125 Grosvenor Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Queens","state":"NY","lat":40.70648038150006,"lon":-73.83698979392713,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-05-11","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1976-05-11","areas_of_significance":["Black","Politics/Government","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half story residence with an attached two-car garage at 115-25 Grosvenor Road in the Kew Gardens section of Queens, New York, built in a Tudor Renaissance-influenced country house style. It was the home of diplomat Ralph Bunche.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is important for its association with Ralph Bunche, the highest ranking black in the United Nations Secretariat. He negotiated the 1949 Arab-Israeli truce, helped settle the 1956 Suez Canal Crisis, and was the first black recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He was also the first black man to hold a desk in the State Department.","narrative":"This two-and-a-half story house with an attached two-car garage sits on a roughly half-acre lot at 115-25 Grosvenor Road in Kew Gardens, Queens. Its design reflects an English Tudor Renaissance country house, with a steep slate gable roof, textured stucco over brick and stone, leaded steel casement windows, and a two-story stained glass window lighting the main staircase. It was the home of Ralph Bunche, who owned and occupied it during his years at the United Nations. Born in Detroit in 1904, Bunche earned a Harvard doctorate in political science, became the first black man to hold a desk in the State Department, and rose to Undersecretary General of the United Nations. He negotiated the 1949 Arab-Israeli armistice, helped settle the 1956 Suez Canal Crisis, and became the first black recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. The house remains in excellent condition, and several rooms retain furnishings from his time there.","period_of_significance":"1952-1971","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"English Tudor Renaissance style country house influence","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent repair, with an interior that appears as built and several rooms still furnished as Dr. Bunche used them; listed as occupied private residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.876776-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/76001266_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001266/4cb4c9876b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001266/4cb4c9876b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Dmadeo","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ralph-johnson-bunch-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:Ralph-johnson-bunch-house.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316026","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Johnson_Bunche_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7287722"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/queens/bunche-ralph-house-76001266/"}