{"nrhp_refnum":"83001773","name":"Jamaica Chamber of Commerce Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"8931 161st St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Queens","state":"NY","lat":40.70536356900004,"lon":-73.79962426399999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-09-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A ten-story Colonial Revival office building at 89-31 161st Street in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, designed by George W. Conable and built in 1928-29 as headquarters of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is an architecturally fine adaptation of the restrained neo-Classical Colonial Revival style of the 1920s to a high-rise form, with a high degree of integrity. It also symbolized Jamaica's standing as the commercial center of Queens County and was financed by the Chamber's members through a stock corporation.","narrative":"Rising ten stories on 161st Street in downtown Jamaica, Queens, this office building was designed by George W. Conable in 1928 and dedicated in May 1929 as headquarters for the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce. Its red brick walls, laid in Flemish bond with randomly placed burned bricks, carry stone and terra-cotta trim, a triumphal-arch entrance, quoins, paired pilasters and a pedimented temple-like pavilion at the top. Setbacks give the steel-frame, fireproof structure a picturesque silhouette. Inside, a marble-clad lobby, terrazzo floors and door hardware bearing the Chamber's beaver seal survive. The building was financed unusually, with Chamber members buying limited shares in a corporation, and it was meant to express the community's progressive spirit and Jamaica's role as the commercial center of Queens County. It was listed for its architecture and its role in local commerce. Alterations have been minor, and the Chamber still keeps offices there.","period_of_significance":"1928-29","architect_builder":"George W. Conable","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival (referred to as \"Georgian-Colonial\")","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in excellent condition; alterations are minor, and it still houses the offices of the Chamber of Commerce.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.010734-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/83001773.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001773/2bc4b10758-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001773/2bc4b10758-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"jim.henderson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jamaica_Chamber_of_Commerce_Building_89-31_161st_St_2012_jeh.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">jim.henderson</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:Jamaica_Chamber_of_Commerce_Building_89-31_161st_St_2012_jeh.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321102","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica_Chamber_of_Commerce_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6127278"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/queens/jamaica-chamber-of-commerce-building-83001773/"}