{"nrhp_refnum":"79001606","name":"Norwood, Andrew S., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"241 W. 14th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.73971493800008,"lon":-74.00141417299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-07-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Economics","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story brick town house at 241 West 14th Street in Manhattan, built between mid-1845 and mid-1847 for merchant Andrew S. Norwood, with brownstone basement and trim. It blends Greek Revival and Italianate styles.","why_significant":"The house is a finely preserved 1840s town house showing the transition from Greek Revival to Italianate design, with original interior and exterior detailing. It is one of the few remaining town houses of its type in New York City and recalls the fashionable 14th Street residential area of the 1840s. It is also tied to the Norwood family, prominent in commerce.","narrative":"Built between mid-1845 and mid-1847, this four-story brick town house on West 14th Street in Manhattan was the home of merchant Andrew S. Norwood, who had three houses built on the block. Its brownstone basement, cast-iron balcony, Doric doorway and bracketed window frames combine Greek Revival and Italianate elements. Inside, much of the 1840s detail survives, including enriched moldings, carved marble mantels, an open-string stair and a small stained glass skylight. Decoration grows simpler on the upper floors, and the fourth floor housed servants. The neighboring Norwood-built houses have been heavily altered, and most of West 14th Street is now commercial, which makes this house a rare survivor of the street's fashionable residential era. Norwood was a successful merchant, and his son Andrew G. Norwood, a stockbroker, later owned the house, which stayed in the family until about 1900. After a long period as a funeral parlor, it is now apartments and is being restored.","period_of_significance":"Mid 1845 to mid 1847","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Transitional Greek Revival and Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"Currently divided into floor-through apartments and being carefully restored by the present owner; in sound structural condition. It served as a funeral parlor for about fifty years.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.774424-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/79001606.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001606/8c1ce076a5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001606/8c1ce076a5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Beyond My Ken","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norwood_House_241_West_14th_Street.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Beyond My Ken</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:Norwood_House_241_West_14th_Street.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319794","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwood_Club","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5754068"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/norwood-andrew-s-house-79001606/"}