{"nrhp_refnum":"82001204","name":"Robbins & Appleton Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1-5 Bond St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.72687126300008,"lon":-73.99544858399997,"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 six-story cast-iron commercial building at 1-5 Bond Street in Manhattan, erected in 1879-80 to a design by Stephen Decatur Hatch as a factory for the American Waltham Watch Company.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a fine example of a 19th-century commercial palazzo in the French Second Empire mode and of cast-iron architecture. It also documents the history of Bond Street's shift from residential to commercial use, the watch firm Robbins & Appleton, and the work of architect Hatch.","narrative":"Located at 1-5 Bond Street in Manhattan, this six-story cast-iron building went up between June 1879 and April 1880 to replace an earlier Robbins & Appleton building destroyed by fire in 1877. Stephen Decatur Hatch designed both. The new building served as a factory making watchcases for the American Waltham Watch Company, with some space leased to the publisher D. Appleton & Co. Its facade repeats one window bay twelve times across each of the upper four floors, while the ground floor, end pavilions and slate mansard give it a Second Empire character. Cornices and deeply recessed windows create strong horizontal lines and depth. Bond Street had been a fashionable residential street before commerce moved in during the mid-1800s. The building is described as a fine example of the commercial palazzo and of cast-iron construction. Today the ground floor is used for storage by a textile firm, and the upper floors are artists' studios.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific dates 1879-80)","architect_builder":"Stephen Decatur Hatch","architectural_style":"Commercial palazzo in the French Second Empire mode, cast-iron facade","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and still used as a commercial structure; the ground floor is used for storage by a textile firm and the upper floors serve as artists' studios. Condition is marked excellent/good.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.28488-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/82001204.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001204/b2deb4e1b3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001204/b2deb4e1b3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Beyond My Ken","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robbins_%26_Appleton_Building.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:Robbins_%26_Appleton_Building.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319868","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbins_%26_Appleton_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7341048"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/robbins-and-appleton-building-82001204/"}