{"nrhp_refnum":"87002300","name":"Broadway-Livingston Avenue Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Broadway and Livingston Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Albany","county":"Albany County","state":"NY","lat":42.65889353800006,"lon":-73.73722210087035,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-01-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small historic district in northeast Albany, New York, centered on Broadway and Livingston Avenue. It has 21 contributing features (20 buildings and 1 railroad bridge) built between 1829 and 1900.","why_significant":"The district is argued to be the last intact concentration of nineteenth-century residential and commercial architecture on north Broadway. It includes intact Greek Revival and Italianate rowhouses and commercial buildings, plus a 1900 New York Central railroad truss bridge. Together they reflect north Albany's growth near the Erie Canal, the riverfront and the railroad.","narrative":"Broadway-Livingston Avenue is a small cluster of 21 historic features in northeast Albany, just north of the downtown business district. It holds two- to four-story brick rowhouses and commercial buildings built between 1829 and 1876, split almost evenly between Greek Revival and Italianate styles. Several storefronts keep original cast-iron fronts, notably 810-812 Broadway, built in 1872. At the north end, a 1900 riveted Warren truss railroad bridge on a cut-stone viaduct carries New York Central tracks over Broadway at Colonie Street. The area grew in the mid-1800s because of its closeness to the Erie Canal terminus, the river ferries and the rail lines. Merchants, manufacturers and laborers lived and worked here, and small shops served the neighborhood. Urban renewal demolition since the 1960s cleared the surrounding blocks, leaving this group as the only intact stretch of nineteenth-century architecture on north Broadway. The buildings are generally deteriorated but still show their original character.","period_of_significance":"1829-1900","architect_builder":"Various; railroad bridge designed by William J. Wilgus and erected by A.&.P. Roberts contractors","architectural_style":"Greek Revival and Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"Buildings are generally deteriorated but retain considerable integrity; the railroad bridge remains in use on two of its four tracks; the surrounding land is largely vacant after urban renewal demolition.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:46.17309-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/87002300.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87002300/4816db266d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87002300/4816db266d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire portfolio, click here.@thatmattwade This image is protected by copyright! If you would like to use it, please read this first.","credit_html":"This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire portfolio, click here.@thatmattwade This image is protected by copyright! If you would like to use it, please read this first., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Broadway-Livingston_Avenue_Historic_District.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316179","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway%E2%80%93Livingston_Avenue_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q922943"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/albany-county/broadway-livingston-avenue-historic-district-87002300/"}