{"nrhp_refnum":"80002671","name":"Bouwerie Lane Theater","other_names":["Bond Street Bank","German Exchange Bank"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"330 Bowery St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.72570762200007,"lon":-73.98599314299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-04-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A five-story cast-iron commercial building at 330 Bowery, on the northwest corner of the Bowery and Bond Street in Manhattan, designed by Henry Engelbert in 1873-1874 as the Bond Street Bank.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it an exceptionally fine example of cast-iron construction, with elaborate French Second Empire facade detail. It also presents the building as a skillful design solution for a difficult, narrow corner site. Its 1963 conversion to a theater is described as foreshadowing a renaissance for 19th-century commercial buildings in Lower Manhattan.","narrative":"Standing at the corner of the Bowery and Bond Street in Manhattan, this five-story cast-iron building was designed by architect Henry Engelbert in 1873-1874 for the Bond Street Bank. It occupies a standard 25-by-100 foot city lot, a shape more typical of row houses than institutions, so the design had to join a narrow Bowery front to a long Bond Street side. Engelbert did so with French Second Empire detail: single and paired columns, pilasters, quoins and continuous cornices that tie the two facades together. The building later housed a textile converting business after the 1940s. In 1963 it became a theater with residential studios above, and the heavy granite vault was removed. A few interior features survive, including wooden double doors and a teller's window reused as a ticket window. The nomination values it as one of the finest cast-iron structures in New York City.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific date 1874)","architect_builder":"Henry Engelbert","architectural_style":"French Second Empire cast-iron architecture","criteria":[],"status_note":"Converted in 1963 to a theater with residential studios above; the form marks it occupied, with entertainment and private residence uses. Condition is marked good.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.467993-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/80002671.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002671/1d7610003e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002671/1d7610003e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Beyond My Ken","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:330_Bowery_bank-theater-store.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:330_Bowery_bank-theater-store.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319303","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouwerie_Lane_Theatre","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4950488"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/bouwerie-lane-theater-80002671/"}