{"nrhp_refnum":"85000926","name":"Sidewalk Clock at 1501 3rd Avenue, Manhattan","other_names":[],"category":"object","location":{"address":"1501 3rd Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.77805244800004,"lon":-73.96635556199993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-04-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Art"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A cast-iron sidewalk clock about 16 feet tall on the sidewalk in front of 1501 Third Avenue in Manhattan, made by the E. Howard Clock Company between about 1880 and 1930.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a rare surviving example in New York City of an urban American sidewalk clock from the 1880-1930 period. Its dial casing is modelled after a pocket watch, which expressed its original purpose of advertising an adjacent jewelry store. It keeps its original appearance and detailing despite losing its clockworks. It is one of two sidewalk clocks left on Third Avenue and one of two intact clocks in the city of a popular E. Howard pedestal and column design.","narrative":"A cast-iron sidewalk clock stands about 36 inches from the curb in front of 1501 Third Avenue in Manhattan, on a block of four- and five-story commercial buildings with ground-floor shops. Roughly 16 feet tall, it has a panelled rectangular pedestal with an access panel, a fluted column with a crocket capital, and a round, two-faced dial casing shaped like a pocket watch, complete with winding stem and ring. The dials keep their original Roman numerals and hands. Made by the E. Howard Clock Company between about 1880 and 1930, it was built both to tell time and to draw attention to a neighboring jewelry store. Its original clockworks were removed around 1970, and it is now inactive. It is considered significant as a rare surviving New York City example of its type, one of two sidewalk clocks left on Third Avenue, and one of two intact city clocks using a widely popular E. Howard pedestal and column design.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"E. Howard Clock Company, manufacturer","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Present use is inactive; the original clockworks were removed around 1970. The form lists deterioration as a threat.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.084716-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/85000926.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"66000538","name":"Central Park","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/central-park-66000538/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313853","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/sidewalk-clock-at-1501-3rd-avenue-manhattan-85000926/"}