{"nrhp_refnum":"82001196","name":"Houses at 437-459 West 24th Street","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"437-459 W. 24th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.748194014000035,"lon":-74.00270881999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-10-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A row of eleven three-story brick rowhouses (originally twelve) on the north side of West 24th Street between Ninth and Tenth Avenues in Chelsea, Manhattan, built in 1849-50 by builder Philo V. Beebe.","why_significant":"The row is a surviving reminder of the mid-19th century look, scale and architectural styles of Chelsea. It is the only remaining part of a planned grouping of mixed-income housing that once included London Terrace Row and the Chelsea Cottages. Its uniform setbacks, front gardens, cornice line and Greek Revival massing with Italianate detail kept its cohesive appearance despite later changes.","narrative":"Eleven three-story brick rowhouses on West 24th Street between Ninth and Tenth Avenues preserve a piece of Chelsea as it looked before the Civil War. Built in 1849-50 by local builder Philo V. Beebe, the row originally held twelve houses, constructed in pairs, with a new pair begun after the previous one sold. Their design is transitional: Greek Revival proportions combined with Italianate cornices and ironwork on stoops and yard railings. The houses keep their fifteen-foot front yards, original height and bold modillioned cornices. They were meant for business and professional families and were part of a planned grouping with the grander London Terrace Row and the modest Chelsea Cottages, both since replaced by a large apartment complex. Later nineteenth-century changes added neo-Grec, Queen Anne and neo-Federal elements, and Nos. 443 and 445 were merged. Even so, the uniform setback and cornice line hold the row together as the last example of this mixed-income housing.","period_of_significance":"1849-1850","architect_builder":"Philo V. Beebe","architectural_style":"Transitional Greek Revival and Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied private residences in excellent condition, with some alterations; Nos. 443 and 445 were combined into one structure.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.946697-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/82001196.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001196/ed81992760-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001196/ed81992760-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Americasroof at English Wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:437w24.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Americasroof at English Wikipedia</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:437w24.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319634","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/437%E2%80%93459_West_24th_Street","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5755851"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/houses-at-437-459-west-24th-street-82001196/"}