{"nrhp_refnum":"84002779","name":"LETTIE G. HOWARD (schooner)","other_names":["Mystic C.","Caviare"],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"South Street Seaport Museum","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.70505056500008,"lon":-74.00200685899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-09-07","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1989-04-11","areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce","Architecture","Maritime History"],"significance_levels":["national","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Lettie G. Howard is a wooden two-masted Fredonia-model fishing schooner built in 1893 at Essex, Massachusetts, by Arthur D. Story. She is afloat at the South Street Seaport Museum on the East River in New York City.","why_significant":"The nomination presents her as the last remaining example of the Fredonia model, once the standard design for large American offshore fishing vessels. She is also tied to the New England dory fishery and the later Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery. Her history covers the schooner's rebuilding in 1923 and her museum preservation from 1966 onward.","narrative":"Lettie G. Howard is a wooden fishing schooner built in 1893 by Arthur D. Story at Essex, Massachusetts. About 75 feet long, she was constructed of pine planking over oak frames to the Fredonia model, a fast, capacious design that became the most common type in New England and Gulf of Mexico fisheries during the 1890s. She fished with dories on the Grand Banks until 1901, then was sold to Pensacola, Florida, owners who used her for red snapper fishing off Yucatan. Rebuilt in 1923 and renamed Mystic C., she received an engine in 1924 and later lost her topmasts and bowsprit. Sold in 1966 for use as a museum ship, she was restored, and South Street Seaport Museum returned her original name in 1972. She sailed until 1980, when dry rot ended her sailing career. A shiphouse now protects her decks. She is described as the last surviving Fredonia-model schooner.","period_of_significance":"1893-1966","architect_builder":"Arthur D. Story","architectural_style":"Fredonia model fishing schooner (Architecture, Naval)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Static museum vessel since 1980 because of extensive dry rot; masts removed and a protective shiphouse built over the decks while awaiting further restoration.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.348059-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/84002779_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002779/57cbd20965-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002779/57cbd20965-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Jet Lowe","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schooner_Lettie_G._Howard,_South_Street_Seaport_Museum,_New_York_(New_York_County,_New_York).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jet Lowe</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schooner_Lettie_G._Howard,_South_Street_Seaport_Museum,_New_York_(New_York_County,_New_York).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/75315810","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lettie_G._Howard","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3061189"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/lettie-g-howard-schooner-84002779/"}