{"nrhp_refnum":"84002750","name":"Granada Towers","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"310 Riverside Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Long Beach","county":"Nassau County","state":"NY","lat":40.58816611700007,"lon":-73.66063104399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-05-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Granada Towers is a seven-story apartment house/hotel at 310 Riverside Boulevard in the center of Long Beach, Nassau County, New York, designed in 1929 by the Manhattan firm Lang and Rosenberg.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as an imposing landmark and a reminder of Long Beach's early twentieth-century resort development, built at the height of that development. It is one of the largest buildings in the city's low-rise business district. Its Spanish Colonial Revival exterior and themed interiors reflect architectural trends of the 1920s and the style long favored in Long Beach.","narrative":"Granada Towers is a seven-story brick, stucco and terra cotta apartment hotel at the corner of Riverside Boulevard and Park Avenue in the center of Long Beach, New York. Designed in 1929 by the Manhattan firm Lang and Rosenberg, it is dominated by three towers on its Riverside Boulevard front, topped with green Spanish tile roofs and copper finials. The entry hall and lobby carry the Spanish Colonial Revival theme inside, with stucco walls, dark carved beams, encaustic tile and a terra cotta mantle, much like the atmospheric movie palace interiors of the 1920s. The building opened in October 1929, at the peak of Long Beach's growth as an ocean resort developed by William Reynolds. It is among the largest buildings in the low-rise business district and keeps most of its exterior features. Vacant since 1975 and neglected, it was sold in 1984 to a developer planning restoration, with original plans on file to guide the work.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Lang and Rosenberg","architectural_style":"Spanish Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Vacant since 1975 and in fair, deteriorated condition; sold to a developer in March 1984 who intends to restore it.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.432904-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/84002750.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002750/db888eba17-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002750/db888eba17-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Jim.henderson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Granada_Towers_Long_Beach_jeh.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim.henderson</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Granada_Towers_Long_Beach_jeh.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319111","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granada_Towers","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5594117"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/nassau-county/granada-towers-84002750/"}