{"nrhp_refnum":"83001780","name":"Steinway House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"18-22 41st St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Queens","state":"NY","lat":40.77849420200005,"lon":-73.89726028299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-09-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A c. 1850 Italianate country villa built of rough-faced granite on a wooded hilltop overlooking the East River at 18-33 41st Street in the Steinway section of Long Island City, Queens, New York.","why_significant":"The house is a distinctive example of the Italian Villa style in Queens, with an asymmetrical plan, a square tower and exterior decorative details made entirely of cast iron, which was rare on a residence. It is also tied to the Steinway & Sons Piano Company, since William Steinway lived there in the early 1870s. It retains nearly complete exterior and interior integrity.","narrative":"Built around 1850 on a wooded hilltop above the East River, this granite villa in the Steinway section of Long Island City was designed as a country residence. It has an asymmetrical plan, a gabled slate roof, a four-story tower with an octagonal cupola and a semicircular library wing. Its decorative details, including Corinthian porch columns and modillions, are all cast iron, an unusual choice for a house when the material was mainly used on commercial buildings. The interior has twenty-seven rooms, a two-story hall with an oval balcony, and original grained pine woodwork. Benjamin Pike, an optical instrument dealer, probably built it. In the early 1870s it became the home of William Steinway, whose family's piano company bought about 400 acres nearby and built a factory and employee community. The house stayed in the Steinway family until 1925. Industrial land now surrounds it, which contrasts sharply with its original rural setting.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific date c. 1850)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italian Villa (Italianate)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; described as maintained and being restored, with tours opened to school and civic groups.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.345713-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/83001780.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001780/3d6f7d6072-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001780/3d6f7d6072-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"NickCPrior","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Steinway_Mansion.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">NickCPrior</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:Steinway_Mansion.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321157","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steinway_Mansion","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3498106"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/queens/steinway-house-83001780/"}