{"nrhp_refnum":"82001091","name":"52nd Police Precinct Station House and Stable","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3016 Webster Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"The Bronx","state":"NY","lat":40.86921300900008,"lon":-73.87914339999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-10-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story red brick police station house and adjoining former stable at 3016 Webster Avenue in the Bronx, New York, built 1904-06 by Stoughton & Stoughton in a picturesque Tuscan villa form.","why_significant":"The complex is presented as a prominent landmark and a handsome example of its period and style, using the romantic elements of neo-Italian Renaissance design, including a clock tower, asymmetrical massing and overhanging eaves. It suited the quasi-rural setting beside the Botanical Garden and Mosholu Parkway. It also answered the need for expanded police protection after the Bronx's rapid population growth following consolidation in 1898.","narrative":"Standing on Webster Avenue beside Mosholu Parkway in the north Bronx, this police station house and its former stable were built in 1904-06 to serve the Norwood and Bedford Park neighborhoods. The architects, brothers Charles and Arthur Stoughton, gave the three-story red brick building the look of a Tuscan villa, with a central clock tower, polychrome terra-cotta clock faces, diaper-patterned brickwork, round-arched ground-floor windows with cobalt-blue tile spandrels, and deep green wooden brackets under overhanging eaves. The stable behind it repeats the same bandcourse, brickwork and roof. The design was meant to suit what was then a quasi-rural setting, and the silhouette remains visible from the New York Botanical Garden and the parkway. It was commissioned as the Bronx grew rapidly after consolidation with New York City in 1898, creating demand for more police protection. The building continues to serve the city's police department and is regarded as a prominent local landmark.","period_of_significance":"1904-06","architect_builder":"Stoughton & Stoughton","architectural_style":"Neo-Italian Renaissance (picturesque Tuscan villa type)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as excellent and altered; still occupied and in use by the New York City Police Department.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.160515-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/82001091.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001091/c662b5eca7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001091/c662b5eca7-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Jim.henderson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:52_Pct_NYPD_jeh.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim.henderson</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:52_Pct_NYPD_jeh.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316445","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/52nd_Police_Precinct_Station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4640271"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/the-bronx/52nd-police-precinct-station-house-and-stable-82001091/"}