{"nrhp_refnum":"80002666","name":"Association of the Bar of the City of New York","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"42 W. 44th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.75521996800006,"lon":-73.98199110899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-01-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Law","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A five-story limestone neo-Classical building at 42 West 44th Street in midtown Manhattan, built in 1895-96 as the headquarters of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, designed by Cyrus L. W. Eidlitz.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a well-preserved example of the elegant clubhouses built in Manhattan's clubhouse district around 1900. It reflects Eidlitz's skill with classical detail and houses one of the country's largest legal libraries. It also serves as the center of the city's legal profession, tied to the Association's founding in 1870 in reaction to the Tweed ring.","narrative":"Midtown Manhattan's West 44th Street holds the headquarters of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, a limestone building put up in 1895-96 to designs by Cyrus L. W. Eidlitz. It runs through the block to 43rd Street and rises five stories on the 44th Street side. Fluted Doric columns frame the entrance, and double-height pilasters and Ionic columns mark the two-story library inside. The interior keeps marble columns, oak woodwork and marble fireplaces. The building represents the clubhouses that once filled this district, where the Century, Harvard and Yacht clubs also settled. The Association was founded in 1870 in response to judicial corruption and the Tweed ring, and its presidents included Charles Evans Hughes and Henry L. Stimson. Its library is among the largest legal collections in the country. Eidlitz, trained in Europe and versed in Classical and Renaissance traditions, gave the building a restrained, dignified character that contrasts with the surrounding office towers.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Cyrus L. W. Eidlitz","architectural_style":"Neo-Classical (Classical Revival clubhouse)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied by the Association; interior in close to original condition, with skylights covered and air conditioning added.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.218335-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/80002666.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002666/5a79f59597-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002666/5a79f59597-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Epicgenius","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:W_44_St_Oct_2021_152.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Epicgenius</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:W_44_St_Oct_2021_152.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319269","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_the_New_York_City_Bar_Association","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5915627"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/association-of-the-bar-of-the-city-of-new-york-80002666/"}