{"nrhp_refnum":"83004217","name":"Pioneer Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"14 Lawton St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New Rochelle","county":"Westchester County","state":"NY","lat":40.910112843000036,"lon":-73.78168065099999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-12-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Communications"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, four-bay brick commercial/office building at 14 Lawton Street in downtown New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York, built in 1892 by John New and Son.","why_significant":"The building was constructed as the first official headquarters of The Pioneer, New Rochelle's first newspaper, and also briefly housed the city's first circulating library. It is a largely intact, representative example of a medium-size late nineteenth century commercial building with Italianate-inspired decoration. The nomination treats it as locally significant to the city's turn-of-the-century development.","narrative":"Built in 1892 at 14 Lawton Street, this two-story brick building in downtown New Rochelle was constructed as the first official headquarters of The Pioneer, the city's first newspaper. Founded in 1860 by William Dyott, the paper became a daily in 1885 and ceased publication in 1920. The building also briefly held the city's first circulating library. Designed in the Italianate style by builders John New and Son, it has a buff iron-spot brick facade, round arch windows, gauged brick quoins, bracketed storefront bay windows and an elaborate metal cornice bearing the name Pioneer. Printing presses once occupied the rear. Pressed-metal ceilings and some wood trim survive inside. Nearby buildings were cleared in the 1970s for a new public library, and the building, once slated for demolition, became a conspicuous landmark. It was later rehabilitated and is now in use. Its listing rests on its local role in the city's turn-of-the-century development.","period_of_significance":"1892","architect_builder":"John New and Son","architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in good condition; rehabilitated by a food development company that uses the rear as test kitchens. Surrounding buildings were demolished in the 1970s, leaving it isolated amid parking lots.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.369227-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/83004217.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004217/0210b4f88c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004217/0210b4f88c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"DanTD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Rochelle_Pioneer;_Full-front_View.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">DanTD</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:New_Rochelle_Pioneer;_Full-front_View.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75323171","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_Building_(New_Rochelle,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7196651"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/westchester-county/pioneer-building-83004217/"}