{"nrhp_refnum":"85000929","name":"Sidewalk Clock at 522 5th Avenue, Manhattan","other_names":[],"category":"object","location":{"address":"522 5th Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.75466386200003,"lon":-73.98022264699995,"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 19-foot cast-iron sidewalk clock in front of 522 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, made by the Seth Thomas Company and built in 1907. It was moved to its present spot in 1930.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a rare surviving early twentieth-century urban American sidewalk clock in New York City. Its bold Neoclassical case design is now unique in the city, and it is the largest clock standing there. It is one of three remaining along Fifth Avenue, a traditional center for banking and jewelry businesses.","narrative":"A cast-iron sidewalk clock about 19 feet tall stands at the curb in front of 522 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. Manufactured by the Seth Thomas Company and built in 1907, it has a rectangular pedestal, a square column with applied fluted pilasters, and a round casing with twin dials carried on scroll brackets and topped by a pineapple finial. The dials keep their original Roman numerals, hands and milkglass surrounds. The clock first stood in front of the American Trust Company, about 200 feet south of its present site. It was relocated in 1930, when American Trust merged with the Guarantee Trust Company and began operating at 522 Fifth Avenue. Its original clock works have since been electrified. The clock is regarded as significant as a rare surviving early twentieth-century urban sidewalk clock in New York City. Its Neoclassical case design is unique in the city, it is the largest clock standing there, and it is one of three remaining along Fifth Avenue.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Seth Thomas Company, manufacturer","architectural_style":"Neoclassical","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is listed as excellent. The clock was moved c. 1930 and its works were electrified at an unknown date; it is still used for timekeeping/advertising.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.294609-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/85000929.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000929/e70100f84b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000929/e70100f84b-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Jim.henderson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clock_522_5th_Av_W44_sun_jeh.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim.henderson</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:Clock_522_5th_Av_W44_sun_jeh.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313859","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6105178"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/sidewalk-clock-at-522-5th-avenue-manhattan-85000929/"}