{"nrhp_refnum":"83001747","name":"Stables at 167, 169 and 171 West 89th Street","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"167-171 W. 89th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.78936950800005,"lon":-73.97269894999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-08-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Three adjoining two-story buff brick stables with living quarters above, at 167, 169 and 171 West 89th Street on Manhattan's Upper West Side, built in 1892 in the Romanesque Revival style.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the stables are intact, representative examples of speculatively built nineteenth-century row stables in New York City. They are rare survivors below 110th Street and recall the pre-automobile development of residential neighborhoods. West 89th Street was one of the informally agreed 'stable streets' serving nearby private householders.","narrative":"Three side-by-side stables at 167, 169 and 171 West 89th Street in Manhattan were built in 1892 by Edward Bedell as a real estate venture. Architect Frank A. Rooke designed them in the Romanesque Revival style, using buff brick with corbelled and patterned brickwork, stone lintels and sills, medallions and carved bosses. Each had space for vehicles on the ground floor and living quarters above. They were sold on completion to nearby householders. Bedell chose West 89th Street because it was one of the commonly accepted 'stable streets', where noise and odors would not disturb private houses. Speculative row stables became profitable as row houses spread across Manhattan's east and west sides in the late nineteenth century. Few survive below 110th Street. Although the interiors have been converted and few original finishes remain, the exteriors are largely intact, and the buildings document the horse-powered city that existed before the automobile.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Frank A. Rooke","architectural_style":"Romanesque Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Exteriors retain a high level of integrity, but the interiors have been converted. In the 1980s the buildings were occupied; 171 is used as a garage on the first floor and renovation was underway at 169.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.577432-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/83001747.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319955","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/stables-at-167-169-and-171-west-89th-street-83001747/"}