{"nrhp_refnum":"80002590","name":"Mott Avenue Control House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"149th St. and Grand Concourse","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"The Bronx","state":"NY","lat":40.74121869800004,"lon":-73.97752664422464,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-05-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A subway control house completed in 1905 near the southwest corner of 149th Street and Grand Concourse in the Bronx, built as an entrance to the IRT subway's Mott Avenue station.","why_significant":"The nomination treats the control houses as the only remaining original entrances to New York's subway system, described as the first such system in the United States. Reviewers noted that the Mott Avenue building has been altered, but its historical association with the history of transportation was judged strong enough to support listing.","narrative":"Completed in 1905, this small building near 149th Street and Grand Concourse in the Bronx originally served as an entrance to the Interborough Rapid Transit subway. Its street facade is finished in Roman brick with limestone trim, topped by a glazed terra-cotta cornice and a large faience name tablet in three colors. A porch with three large windows divided by pilasters once projected beyond the building line, but it was removed in 1918 when the Woodlawn branch of the IRT was completed. The building no longer admits passengers and now houses elevator machinery for the 149th Street station beneath it. No important interior features remain. It was listed as part of a group of early control houses, which are described as the only remaining original entrances to the city's subway system. Although this building was altered, reviewers found its historical significance in transportation strong enough to justify inclusion.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"No longer used as a station entrance; it houses elevator machinery for the 149th Street subway station below, and no important interior features remain.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.321605-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/80002590.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002590/2d5cc8751a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002590/2d5cc8751a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"DanTD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mott_Avenue_Control_House;_IN_COLOR!.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">DanTD</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:Mott_Avenue_Control_House;_IN_COLOR!.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312110","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137190543"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/the-bronx/mott-avenue-control-house-80002590/"}