{"nrhp_refnum":"83001740","name":"Puck Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"295-309 Lafayette St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.72453041000006,"lon":-73.99560217599998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-07-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Literature","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A composite seven- and nine-story red brick building with granite, brownstone, terra cotta and iron trim, occupying the full block at Houston, Lafayette, Mulberry and Jersey Streets in Manhattan. It was built in 1885-86, enlarged in 1892-93 and reworked in 1899, to designs by Albert and Herman Wagner.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of the architectural masterpieces of America's late nineteenth-century publishing center. It is among the finest New York industrial buildings to combine Italian Renaissance arcaded massing with American Romanesque Revival forms. It was built for Puck, a leading humor magazine, and the J. Ottman Lithographing Co., which printed Puck's chromolithographed cartoons.","narrative":"Occupying an entire Manhattan block at Houston, Lafayette, Mulberry and Jersey Streets, this red brick building rises seven and nine stories and is trimmed in granite, brownstone, terra cotta and iron. Tiers of round arches, twelve bays long on the Lafayette and Mulberry fronts, give it a unified look even though it was built in three stages: 1885-86, 1892-93 and 1899. Albert Wagner designed the original and the extension; Herman Wagner redesigned the west side in 1899 when Lafayette Street was opened. It was erected for Puck, a leading American humor magazine, and the J. Ottman Lithographing Co., which printed the magazine's colorful cartoons. Gilded figures of Puck mark the corner and the main entrance. The design blends Italian Renaissance arcades with the heavy tones of the American Romanesque Revival. Cast-iron columns and stairways survive inside. After restoration in the early 1980s, the building was converted to commercial space for artists, architects and designers.","period_of_significance":"1885-86, 1892-93, 1899","architect_builder":"Albert Wagner, Herman Wagner","architectural_style":"Italian Renaissance arcaded style combined with American Romanesque Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Recently restored and in excellent condition; converted in the early 1980s to commercial space for artists, architects, designers and related professionals. One floor has been divided into small spaces.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.489143-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/83001740.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001740/ec7d3a58b5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001740/ec7d3a58b5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Beyond My Ken","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Puck_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:Puck_Building.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"10000012","name":"Chinatown and Little Italy Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/chinatown-and-little-italy-historic-district-10000012/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319843","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puck_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2760139"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/puck-building-83001740/"}