{"nrhp_refnum":"83001718","name":"Building at 361 Broadway","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"361 Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.71739329800005,"lon":-74.00364200199994,"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 six-story cast-iron commercial building at the corner of Broadway and Franklin Street in lower Manhattan, New York City, designed by W. Wheeler Smith and built in 1881-82 for James L. White.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a rare, intact survivor from the last major period of cast-iron construction in New York City. It was one of the largest and last of the commercial palaces built in Manhattan. It is also a rare surviving cast-iron work by the architect W. Wheeler Smith, and its abstract floral ornament remains almost entirely intact.","narrative":"Standing at the corner of Broadway and Franklin Street in lower Manhattan, this six-story commercial building was designed by architect W. Wheeler Smith and built in 1881-82 for James L. White, whose family had held the land since the early nineteenth century. Its two street facades are composed of cast-iron columns and piers with Corinthian capitals, supporting projecting cornices, with six bays on Broadway and eighteen on Franklin Street. Cast floral and geometric ornament varies from floor to floor. The building represents the last major stylistic phase of cast-iron design in New York, when square-headed openings replaced rounded arches. It was among the final commercial palaces erected in the area and is a rare surviving cast-iron work by Smith, who was better known for other commercial and hospital buildings. Few changes have been made: a new doorway, a sign, and a fire escape. It remains in commercial use.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific dates 1881-82)","architect_builder":"W. Wheeler Smith","architectural_style":"Late cast-iron commercial architecture of the 1880s, with Corinthian columns and piers supporting entablatures","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as excellent condition, well cared for, still generally used for its original commercial purpose, and almost completely intact; alterations are a new doorway, a sign, and a fire escape.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.493897-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/83001718.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001718/5f47d589e1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001718/5f47d589e1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"ajay_suresh","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:361_Broadway_-_James_White_Building_(51522453870).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">ajay_suresh</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:361_Broadway_-_James_White_Building_(51522453870).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319331","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/361_Broadway","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4986565"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/building-at-361-broadway-83001718/"}