{"nrhp_refnum":"84002775","name":"JOHN A. LYNCH (ferryboat)","other_names":["Major General William H. Hart"],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Pier 15, East River, Manhattan","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.705035946000066,"lon":-74.00181372899993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-09-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A steel-hulled, steam-powered double-ended New York ferryboat, 151 feet long with a 53-foot beam, built in 1925 by the Staten Island Shipbuilding Company and moored at Pier 15 on the East River in Manhattan.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a rare, intact example of an early twentieth-century double-ended New York harbor ferry. It is the last of sixteen vessels of its class still afloat. It survives as a transportation artifact of the city's extensive ferry network.","narrative":"Moored at Pier 15 on the East River in Manhattan, the John A. Lynch is a steel-hulled, steam-powered ferryboat launched in 1925 by the Staten Island Shipbuilding Company at Mariners Harbor. It measures 151 feet long with a 53-foot beam and was built to load passengers and vehicles from either end. It entered city service in July 1925, first running between Clason's Point in the Bronx and College Point in Queens, and later served on nearly all the city's routes. The Army Quartermaster Corps bought it in 1940 for the Governors Island run, renamed it Major William H. Hart, and added a second passenger deck. The Coast Guard took it over in 1965, and it was donated to South Street Seaport Museum in 1970. Original railings, lifeboats, benches, wheelhouse controls and both compound steam engines remain. It is the last of sixteen sister vessels still afloat, which is why it was listed.","period_of_significance":"1925","architect_builder":"Staten Island Shipbuilding Company","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good and altered; the ship is presently used for offices at South Street Seaport Museum.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.122063-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/84002775.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002775/b2c000ce72-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002775/b2c000ce72-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Piers_15_16_17_NYC.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Piers_15_16_17_NYC.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"72000883","name":"South Street Seaport","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/south-street-seaport-72000883/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319654","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._Lynch_(ferryboat)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6217802"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/john-a-lynch-ferryboat-84002775/"}