{"nrhp_refnum":"83001641","name":"Morris High School Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Boston Rd., Jackson and Forrest Aves., and E. 166th and Home Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"The Bronx","state":"NY","lat":40.82774399950006,"lon":-73.90350110671719,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-09-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small historic district in the south Bronx, New York, bounded roughly by Boston Road, Home Street, Forest Avenue and East 166th Street. It holds 53 buildings: Morris High School (1901-1904), two streets of brick rowhouses built 1900-1904, and Trinity Episcopal Church of Morrisania (begun 1874).","why_significant":"The district is a rare surviving group of intact, Free Classical style turn-of-the-century rowhouses in the South Bronx. It also contains a Victorian Gothic church and the Collegiate Gothic Morris High School, which many consider C.B.J. Snyder's masterpiece. The school and the northward extension of the subway spurred residential development of the area.","narrative":"Morris High School Historic District is a compact part of the south Bronx made up of a major public school, a Victorian Gothic church and two streets of brick rowhouses. Most of the two- and three-story houses were built between 1900 and 1904 from designs by Warren C. Dickerson, John H. Lavelle and Harry T. Howell. They share buff brick, limestone trim and galvanized metal cornices, with bays, stepped gables and elaborate ironwork adding variety. Morris High School, completed in 1904 to designs by C.B.J. Snyder, is a Collegiate Gothic building with a central tower. It was one of five such high schools built across the city's boroughs after the school system was consolidated in 1898. Trinity Episcopal Church of Morrisania, begun in 1874, is the oldest building and later gained a rectory and parish hall. Surrounding blocks have been heavily altered, so this group stands out for its unity of scale, style and survival.","period_of_significance":"1874-1904","architect_builder":"Various; C.B.J. Snyder (Morris High School); Warren C. Dickerson, John H. Lavelle and Harry T. Howell (rowhouses)","architectural_style":"Free Classical rowhouses; Collegiate Gothic school; Victorian Gothic church","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is marked deteriorated and altered. The form says very few houses have been altered, and some are vacant with sealed doors and windows. The school and church are described as in place with some alterations and additions.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.096946-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/83001641.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001641/65f85cc181-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001641/65f85cc181-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"ALT55-VictorM","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Morris_High_School_Historic_District,_Roughly_bounded_by_Boston_Rd.,_Jackson_and_Forrest_Aves.,_and_E._166th_and_Home_Sts.,_Morrisania,_Bronx_County,_New_York.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">ALT55-VictorM</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:Morris_High_School_Historic_District,_Roughly_bounded_by_Boston_Rd.,_Jackson_and_Forrest_Aves.,_and_E._166th_and_Home_Sts.,_Morrisania,_Bronx_County,_New_York.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316493","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_High_School_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6913737"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/the-bronx/morris-high-school-historic-district-83001641/"}