National Register of Historic Places listings in the Bronx facts for kids
List of Registered Historic Places in Bronx County, New York (Borough of The Bronx):
This is intended to be a complete list of the 76 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Bronx County, New York. The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below) may be seen in a map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates". Seven of the properties and districts are further designated National Historic Landmarks.
Albany (Albany) – Allegany – Bronx – Broome – Cattaraugus – Cayuga – Chautauqua – Chemung – Chenango – Clinton – Columbia – Cortland – Delaware – Dutchess (Poughkeepsie, Rhinebeck) – Erie (Buffalo) – Essex – Franklin – Fulton – Genesee – Greene – Hamilton – Herkimer – Jefferson – Kings – Lewis – Livingston – Madison – Monroe (Rochester) – Montgomery – Nassau – New York (Below 14th Street, 14th to 59th Streets, 59th to 110th Streets, Above 110th Street, Islands) – Niagara – Oneida – Onondaga (Syracuse) – Ontario – Orange – Orleans – Oswego – Otsego – Putnam – Queens – Rensselaer – Richmond – Rockland – St. Lawrence – Saratoga – Schenectady – Schoharie – Schuyler – Seneca – Steuben – Suffolk – Sullivan – Tioga – Tompkins – Ulster – Warren – Washington – Wayne – Westchester (Northern, Southern, New Rochelle, Peekskill, Yonkers) – Wyoming – Yates |
Current listings
Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Location | City or town | Description | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 242nd Street – Van Cortlandt Park Station (IRT) |
(#05000226) |
Above Broadway at the junction of W. 242nd St. 40°53′20″N 73°53′56″W / 40.888889°N 73.898889°W |
Riverdale | Subway station (1 train); Only remaining terminal elevated subway station in Victorian Gothic architectural style. Also has only remaining scrolled station sign in entire system | |
2 | 48th Police Precinct Station |
(#83001639) |
1925 Bathgate Ave. 40°50′49″N 73°53′52″W / 40.846944°N 73.897778°W |
Tremont | ||
3 | 52nd Police Precinct Station House and Stable |
(#82001091) |
3016 Webster Ave. 40°52′09″N 73°52′46″W / 40.869167°N 73.879444°W |
Norwood | ||
4 | Bartow-Pell Mansion and Carriage House |
(#74001220) |
Pelham Bay Park, Shore Rd. 40°52′18″N 73°48′21″W / 40.87167°N 73.80583°W |
Pelham Bay Park | ||
5 | Bronx Borough Courthouse |
(#82003344) |
E. 161st St., 3rd and Brook Aves. 40°49′22″N 73°54′38″W / 40.822778°N 73.910556°W |
Melrose | ||
6 | Bronx Central Annex-U.S. Post Office |
(#80002584) |
558 Grand Concourse 40°49′08″N 73°55′37″W / 40.81889°N 73.92694°W |
Mott Haven | ||
7 | Bronx County Courthouse |
(#83001636) |
851 Grand Concourse 40°49′34″N 73°55′27″W / 40.826111°N 73.924167°W |
Concourse | ||
8 | Casa Amadeo, antigua Casa Hernandez |
(#01000244) |
786 Prospect Ave. 40°49′09″N 73°54′08″W / 40.8191°N 73.9022°W |
Longwood | ||
9 | Chevra Linas Hazedek Synagogue of Harlem and the Bronx |
(#14000934) |
1115 Ward Ave. 40°49′36″N 73°52′37″W / 40.8267°N 73.877°W |
Soundview | Remaining synagogue from early Jewish settlement of neighborhood | |
10 | Christ Church Complex |
(#83001637) |
5030 Riverdale Ave. 40°53′56″N 73°54′25″W / 40.89889°N 73.906944°W |
Riverdale | ||
11 | Robert Colgate House |
(#83001638) |
5225 Sycamore Ave. 40°54′07″N 73°54′45″W / 40.90194°N 73.9125°W |
Hudson Hill | ||
12 | Concourse Yard Entry Buildings |
(#06000014) |
W. 205th St., bet. Jerome and Paul Aves. 40°52′34″N 73°53′21″W / 40.876111°N 73.889167°W |
Jerome Park | ||
13 | Concourse Yard Substation |
(#06000013) |
3119 Jerome Ave. 40°52′30″N 73°53′22″W / 40.875°N 73.889444°W |
Jerome Park | ||
14 | Crotona Play Center |
(#15000177) |
1700 Fulton Ave 40°50′23″N 73°53′53″W / 40.83977°N 73.89805°W |
Crotona Park | Only WPA-built swimming pool complex in the Bronx | |
15 | William E. Dodge House |
(#77000934) |
690 W. 247th St. 40°53′42″N 73°54′56″W / 40.895°N 73.915556°W |
Riverdale | ||
16 | Dollar Savings Bank |
(#11000228) |
2792 3rd Ave. 40°48′54″N 73°55′08″W / 40.815°N 73.918889°W |
The Hub | New listing; refnum 11000228 | |
17 | Edgehill Church at Spuyten Duyvil |
(#82001089) |
2550 Independence Ave. 40°52′48″N 73°55′13″W / 40.88°N 73.920278°W |
Spuyten Duyvil | ||
18 | Eighth Regiment Armory |
(#82001090) |
29 W. Kingsbridge Rd. 40°52′07″N 73°53′55″W / 40.868611°N 73.898611°W |
Jerome Park | Eighth Regiment Armory is commonly known as Kingsbridge Armory. Romanesque structure with five-acre (2 ha) footprint built in 1910s is believed to be the world's largest armory. | |
19 | Admiral David Glasgow Farragut Gravesite |
(#12001008) |
Lot 1429-44, Section 14, Aurora Hill Plot, Woodlawn Cemetery 40°53′24″N 73°52′27″W / 40.890061°N 73.87418°W |
Woodlawn | ||
20 | Fonthill Castle and the Administration Building of the College of Mount St. Vincent |
(#80002585) |
W. 261st St. and Riverdale Ave. 40°54′49″N 73°54′34″W / 40.913611°N 73.909444°W |
Riverdale | ||
21 | Fort Independence Historic District |
(#16000551) |
Cannon Place, Orloff and Sedgwick Aves., and Giles Place 40°52′52″N 73°53′50″W / 40.881111°N 73.897222°W |
Kingsbridge | Hill where Revolutionary War fort was sited retains unusual street plan designed around topography by Frederick Law Olmsted in 1877 | |
22 | Fort Schuyler |
(#76001206) |
Throggs Neck at East River and Long Island Sound 40°48′20″N 73°47′34″W / 40.805556°N 73.792778°W |
Throggs Neck | ||
23 | Grace Episcopal Church |
(#06000820) |
116 City Island Ave. 40°50′27″N 73°47′04″W / 40.840833°N 73.784444°W |
City Island | ||
24 | Grand Concourse Historic District |
(#87001388) |
730-1000, 1100-1520, 1560, and 851-1675 Grand Concourse 40°49′52″N 73°55′26″W / 40.831111°N 73.923889°W |
Concourse | ||
25 | Hall of Fame Complex |
(#79001567) |
Bronx Community College campus 40°51′31″N 73°54′52″W / 40.858611°N 73.914444°W |
University Heights | ||
26 | Hertlein and Schlatter Silk Trimmings Factory |
(#00001683) |
454-464 E. 148th St. 40°48′51″N 73°54′59″W / 40.814167°N 73.916389°W |
Mott Haven | ||
27 | High Pumping Station |
(#83003882) |
Jerome Ave. 40°52′42″N 73°53′12″W / 40.878333°N 73.886667°W |
Jerome Park | ||
28 | House at 175 Belden Street |
(#82003345) |
175 Belden St. 40°50′17″N 73°46′57″W / 40.838056°N 73.7825°W |
City Island | ||
29 | Hunts Point Rail Station |
(#100007684) |
904-918 Hunts Point Ave. 40°49′11″N 73°53′24″W / 40.8197°N 73.8899°W |
Hunts Point | ||
30 | Jackson Avenue Subway Station (IRT) |
(#04001025) |
Junction of E. 152nd St. and Jackson and Westchester Aves. 40°49′00″N 73°54′29″W / 40.8166°N 73.9080°W |
Melrose | Subway station (2 5 trains) | |
31 | Jerome Park Reservoir |
(#00001014) |
Goulden, Reservoir and Sedgwick Aves. 40°52′40″N 73°53′44″W / 40.877778°N 73.895556°W |
Jerome Park | ||
32 | Keeper's House at Williamsbridge Reservoir |
(#99001131) |
3400 Reservoir Oval 40°52′43″N 73°52′34″W / 40.878611°N 73.876111°W |
Norwood | ||
33 | Lisanti Chapel |
(#01001447) |
740 E. 215th St. 40°52′48″N 73°51′48″W / 40.88°N 73.863333°W |
Baychester | ||
34 | Longwood Historic District |
(#83001640) |
Roughly bounded by Beck St., Longwood, Leggett, and Prospect Aves. 40°49′00″N 73°54′00″W / 40.816667°N 73.9°W |
Longwood | ||
35 | Lorillard Snuff Mill |
(#77000935) |
Bronx Botanical Garden 40°51′36″N 73°52′35″W / 40.86°N 73.876389°W |
Bronx Park | ||
36 | Morris High School Historic District |
(#83001641) |
Roughly bounded by Boston Rd., Jackson and Forrest Aves., and E. 166th and Home Sts. 40°49′38″N 73°54′15″W / 40.827222°N 73.904167°W |
Morrisania | ||
37 | Morris Park Station |
(#05000677) |
Under Espalanade at Bogart and Colden Ave. and Hone Ave. 40°51′17″N 73°51′37″W / 40.854647°N 73.860167°W |
Morris Park | Subway station (5 train) | |
38 | Mott Avenue Control House |
(#80002590) |
149th St. and Grand Concourse 40°49′07″N 73°55′39″W / 40.8185°N 73.9275°W |
Mott Haven | Subway control house for 2 4 5 trains | |
39 | Mott Haven Historic District |
(#80002586) |
An irregular pattern along Alexander Ave. and E. 140th St. 40°48′37″N 73°55′32″W / 40.8103°N 73.9256°W |
Mott Haven | ||
40 | New York Botanical Garden |
(#67000009) |
Southern and Bedford Park Blvds. 40°51′49″N 73°52′34″W / 40.863611°N 73.876111°W |
Bronx Park | ||
41 | New York, Westchester and Boston Railroad Administration Building |
(#80002587) |
481 Morris Park Ave. 40°50′29″N 73°52′23″W / 40.841389°N 73.873056°W |
Van Nest | ||
42 | Park Plaza Apartments |
(#82003346) |
1005 Jerome Ave. 40°49′50″N 73°55′30″W / 40.8306°N 73.925°W |
Concourse | ||
43 | Pelham Parkway Station (Dual System IRT) |
(#05000228) |
Junction of White Plains Rd. and Pelham Pkwy 40°51′26″N 73°52′03″W / 40.8572°N 73.8676°W |
Pelham Parkway | Subway station (2 5 trains) | |
44 | Poe Cottage |
(#80002588) |
2640 Grand Concourse 40°51′55″N 73°53′40″W / 40.8653°N 73.8944°W |
Fordham | ||
45 | Port Morris Ferry Bridges |
(#13001150) |
106 Locust Ave. 40°47′58″N 73°54′29″W / 40.7995°N 73.9080°W |
Port Morris | ||
46 | Prospect Avenue Subway Station (IRT) |
(#04001026) |
Junction of Westchester and Lonwood Aves. and Prospect St. 40°49′11″N 73°54′08″W / 40.8197°N 73.9022°W |
Melrose and Longwood | Subway station (2 5 trains) | |
47 | Public School 11 |
(#83001642) |
1257 Ogden Ave. 40°50′23″N 73°55′35″W / 40.8397°N 73.9264°W |
Highbridge | ||
48 | Public School 15 |
(#81000401) |
4010 Dyre Ave. 40°53′27″N 73°49′52″W / 40.8908°N 73.8311°W |
Eastchester | ||
49 | Public School 17 |
(#84002065) |
190 Fordham St. 40°50′49″N 73°47′05″W / 40.8469°N 73.7847°W |
City Island | ||
50 | Rainey Memorial Gates |
(#72000823) |
New York Zoological Park 40°51′18″N 73°52′40″W / 40.855°N 73.8778°W |
Bronx Park | Paul Manship, Sculptor; Charles A Platt, architect | |
51 | C. Rieger's Sons Factory |
(#04000543) |
450-452 E. 148th St. 40°48′51″N 73°55′01″W / 40.8142°N 73.9169°W |
Mott Haven | ||
52 | Riverdale–Spuyten Duyvil–Kingsbridge Memorial Bell Tower |
(#11000967) |
Riverdale Ave. at W. 239th St. & Henry Hudson Pkwy. 40°53′21″N 73°54′30″W / 40.8893°N 73.9083°W |
Riverdale | ||
53 | Riverdale Presbyterian Church Complex |
(#82001092) |
4761-4765 Henry Hudson Parkway 40°53′45″N 73°54′32″W / 40.8958°N 73.9089°W |
Riverdale | ||
54 | St. Ann's Church Complex |
(#80002589) |
295 St. Ann's Ave. 40°48′30″N 73°55′03″W / 40.8083°N 73.9175°W |
Mott Haven | ||
55 | St. Anselm's Roman Catholic Church and School |
(#13001151) |
683 Tinton Ave. 40°48′58″N 73°54′20″W / 40.8160°N 73.9055°W |
Mott Haven | ||
56 | St. James' Episcopal Church and Parish House |
(#82003347) |
2500 Jerome Ave. 40°51′50″N 73°54′00″W / 40.8639°N 73.9°W |
Fordham | ||
57 | St. Peter's Church, Chapel and Cemetery Complex |
(#83001643) |
2500 Westchester Ave. 40°50′17″N 73°50′41″W / 40.8381°N 73.8447°W |
Westchester Square | ||
58 | St. Stephen's Methodist Church |
(#12000008) |
146 W. 228th St. 40°52′37″N 73°54′33″W / 40.8769°N 73.9091°W |
Marble Hill, Manhattan | ||
59 | St. Stephen's Mission Church Complex |
(#100006758) |
4331 Vireo Ave., 435 and 439 East 238th St. 40°54′01″N 73°51′48″W / 40.9003°N 73.8632°W |
Woodlawn | ||
60 | V. Santini, Inc. Warehouse |
(#100005700) |
2314-2316 Jerome Ave. 40°51′33″N 73°54′12″W / 40.8593°N 73.9033°W |
Fordham | ||
61 | Saxe Embroidery Company Building |
(#100002072) |
511-513 E 164th St. 40°49′33″N 73°54′31″W / 40.8258°N 73.9087°W |
Morrisania | 1904 factory is only architect-designed textile manufacturing facility in the Bronx; has housed a number of different industrial concerns over the years | |
62 | Simpson Street Subway Station and Substation #18 (IRT) |
(#04001027) |
Junction of Westchester Ave., bet. Simpson St. and Southern Blvd. 40°49′27″N 73°53′37″W / 40.8242°N 73.8936°W |
Longwood | Subway station (2 5 trains) and Substation #18 | |
63 | Henry F. Spaulding Coachman's House |
(#82001093) |
4970 Independence Ave. 40°53′53″N 73°54′41″W / 40.8981°N 73.9114°W |
Riverdale | ||
64 | Sunnyslope |
(#83001644) |
812 Faile St. 40°49′02″N 73°53′14″W / 40.817222°N 73.887222°W |
Hunts Point | ||
65 | Tremont Baptist Church |
(#09000831) |
324 E. Tremont Ave. 40°50′54″N 73°54′08″W / 40.848233°N 73.902325°W |
Tremont | ||
66 | United Workers Cooperatives |
(#86002518) |
2700-2870 Bronx Park E 40°51′59″N 73°52′11″W / 40.866389°N 73.869722°W |
Bronx Park | ||
67 | US Post Office-Morrisania |
(#88002458) |
442 E. 167th St. 40°49′47″N 73°54′34″W / 40.829722°N 73.909444°W |
Morrisania | ||
68 | University Heights Campus (Bronx Community College of The City University of New York) |
(#12001013) |
West 181st St. and University Ave. 40°51′29″N 73°54′45″W / 40.858194°N 73.912393°W |
University Heights | ||
69 | Valentine-Varian House |
(#78001841) |
3266 Bainbridge Ave. 40°52′38″N 73°52′47″W / 40.877222°N 73.879722°W |
Norwood | ||
70 | Frederick Van Cortlandt House |
(#67000010) |
Van Cortlandt Park at 242nd St. 40°53′40″N 73°53′35″W / 40.894444°N 73.893056°W |
Van Cortlandt Park | ||
71 | Washington Bridge |
(#83001645) |
Between Amsterdam and Undercliff Aves. 40°50′42″N 73°55′29″W / 40.845°N 73.924722°W |
Morris Heights | Bridge from Harlem to the Bronx | |
72 | Wave Hill |
(#83001646) |
675 W. 252nd St. 40°53′55″N 73°54′47″W / 40.898611°N 73.913056°W |
Riverdale | ||
73 | Westchester Square Station (Dual System IRT) |
(#05000227) |
Above Westchester Ave., from Overing St. to Ferris Place 40°50′23″N 73°50′38″W / 40.839722°N 73.843889°W |
Westchester Square | Subway station (6 <6> trains) | |
74 | Williamsbridge Oval Park |
(#15000229) |
Reservoir Oval E. & W. 40°52′39″N 73°52′39″W / 40.87750°N 73.87750°W |
Norwood | WPA-funded park built on former reservoir site in 1937 features a Beaux Arts landscape and modernist recreation center | |
75 | Woodlawn Cemetery |
(#11000563) |
Webster Avenue & East 233rd Street 40°53′43″N 73°51′49″W / 40.895278°N 73.863611°W |
Woodlawn | Cemetery illustrates transition from rural cemetery to 20th-century styles; final resting place of Robert Moses, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Jay Gould, among others. | |
76 | Woodlawn Station (Dual System IRT) |
(#05000679) |
Junction of Bainbridge Ave. and Jerome Ave. 40°53′09″N 73°52′45″W / 40.885833°N 73.879167°W |
Norwood near Woodlawn | Subway station (4 train); Arts and Crafts-inspired terminal station |
See also
In Spanish: Anexo:Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos en el Bronx para niños
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- Statewide: National Register of Historic Places listings in New York
- Citywide: Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island, Brooklyn
- List of New York City Designated Landmarks in The Bronx
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