{"nrhp_refnum":"78001868","name":"Apthorp Apartments","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2201--2219 Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.78385650100006,"lon":-73.98084290699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-01-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A twelve-story apartment building at 2201-19 Broadway, occupying the full block between West 78th and 79th Streets and Broadway and West End Avenue on Manhattan's Upper West Side, designed by Clinton & Russell and erected in 1908.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a splendid early example of the urban apartment house, which became a standard housing type in the city. It followed the courtyard model of the Dakota and Graham Court and adapted Renaissance palazzo and Classical motifs in an Eclectic design. It is described as a significant example of the buildings that turned the Upper West Side from farmland into an elegant residential neighborhood.","narrative":"Occupying an entire city block on Manhattan's Upper West Side, this twelve-story apartment house at 2201-19 Broadway was designed by Clinton & Russell and completed in 1908 for the Astor family. Its limestone facades borrow from the Renaissance palazzo, with a rusticated base, three-story entrance arches carrying carved female figures, Corinthian pilasters and a loggia at the top. Drive-in arches from Broadway and West End Avenue lead to a central court with two fountains. The building originally held 104 apartments, each with a large foyer, six to twelve rooms and several baths, decorated in a range of period styles. A power plant under the court supplied light, heat and refrigeration. The site was part of the old Apthorp farm, which gave the building its name. Its courtyard plan followed the Dakota and Graham Court. It is valued as an early, high-quality example of luxury apartment design that helped transform the neighborhood from farmland into a residential district.","period_of_significance":"1908","architect_builder":"Clinton & Russell (architects); John Downey (builder)","architectural_style":"Eclectic; Renaissance palazzo adapted","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in good condition, and privately owned; many original apartments were divided in the 1930s and 1940s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.883298-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/78001868.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78001868/6e9c8e1f04-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78001868/6e9c8e1f04-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jim.henderson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apthorp_NE_sunny_jeh.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim.henderson</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:Apthorp_NE_sunny_jeh.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319267","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apthorp","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7714100"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/apthorp-apartments-78001868/"}