{"nrhp_refnum":"83001779","name":"Seneca-Onderdonk-Woodward Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Woodward, Seneca, Catalpa Aves., and Woodbine St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Queens","state":"NY","lat":40.70179433550004,"lon":-73.90386715879825,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-09-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 21-acre residential historic district in Ridgewood, Queens, New York City, made up of 211 mostly three-story brick tenements built in 1911-12, roughly bounded by Woodward, Seneca and Catalpa Avenues and Woodbine Street.","why_significant":"The district is described as an intact residential area with the largest concentration of fully developed \"Mathews Flats\" model tenements in Ridgewood. These tenements, built by G.X. Mathews, improved living conditions for working-class tenants while preserving landlord profits. The district is also noted for its cohesive character, produced by consistent scale, setting and materials and repeated design motifs.","narrative":"Ridgewood, in Queens, contains a 21-acre district of 211 buildings put up in 1911-12, covering part or all of ten city blocks. Most are three-story brick tenements with two apartments per floor. They are known as \"Mathews Flats,\" a model tenement type developed by builder G.X. Mathews and designed by architect Louis Allmendinger. The design used wider lots for larger rooms, big interior air wells for light and circulation, and private sanitary facilities in each apartment, improving conditions for working-class tenants while still protecting landlord profits. Facades combine amber brick above bases of burnt orange brick, with orange brick piers, bands and window arches, pedimented door surrounds, cast-stone bands, ironwork and pressed metal cornices. The district was valued for its intact, uniform look, created by consistent scale, materials and repeated motifs. It adjoins the Central Ridgewood Historic District, which has bayfront row houses, and the tower of nearby St. Matthias Church serves as a focal point.","period_of_significance":"1911-12","architect_builder":"Architect Louis Allmendinger; built by the G.X. Mathews Co.","architectural_style":"Romanesque and Renaissance Revival detail (\"Mathews Flats\" model tenements)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Buildings remain largely intact, with typical alterations such as new stoops, doors, ironwork and awnings; the form reports no non-contributing buildings. Two buildings are noted as badly deteriorated or partially collapsed.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.417495-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/83001779.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001779/8818c2f08b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001779/8818c2f08b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"ALT55 - Victor M","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RIDGEWOOD-GLENDALE-FRESH_POND_145.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">ALT55 - Victor M</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:RIDGEWOOD-GLENDALE-FRESH_POND_145.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314448","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seneca%E2%80%93Onderdonk%E2%80%93Woodward_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7450265"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/queens/seneca-onderdonk-woodward-historic-district-83001779/"}