{"nrhp_refnum":"83003882","name":"High Pumping Station","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jerome Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"The Bronx","state":"NY","lat":40.87847108200003,"lon":-73.88634559099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-11-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A rectangular red brick pumping station on Jerome Avenue, south of Mosholu Parkway, in the northwest Bronx, built in 1901-06 beside the Jerome Park Reservoir it serves.","why_significant":"It was built to pump reservoir water across the Bronx's hilly terrain and supply the pressure needed to reach upper floors of tall buildings, which supported the borough's development in the 1910s and 1920s. It is also one of the few visible, architecturally designed parts of the Croton Aqueduct system. It is a distinctive Romanesque Revival design applied to a utilitarian building, with high-quality brickwork.","narrative":"Beside the Jerome Park Reservoir in the northwest Bronx, this red brick pumping station was built between 1901 and 1906 under George W. Birdsall of the Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity. It formed part of the reservoir complex tied to the Croton Aqueduct system and moved water from the reservoir to consumers across the borough. Its pumps supplied the pressure needed to carry water over hilly ground and up into multi-storied buildings, which helped the Bronx develop in the 1910s and 1920s. The building has a steeply pitched slate roof, paired round-arched windows set between shallow brick buttresses, and gable ends decorated with corbelled rondels. These features reflect the Romanesque Revival style, applied here to a working utility structure with unusually fine detail and workmanship. The exterior has not been altered. Inside, an electric pump and motor, probably installed around 1940, replaced the original coal-fired steam system.","period_of_significance":"1901-06","architect_builder":"George W. Birdsall, Supervising Architect (Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity)","architectural_style":"Romanesque Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied and publicly owned, in industrial use. No exterior alterations; an electric pumping system from about 1940 replaced the original coal-fired steam system.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.960357-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/83003882.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003882/d7e8d6f2e0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003882/d7e8d6f2e0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Hugo L. González","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:High_Pumping_Station_IMG_2966_HLG.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Hugo L. González</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:High_Pumping_Station_IMG_2966_HLG.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316481","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Pumping_Station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14706362"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/the-bronx/high-pumping-station-83003882/"}