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Photograph of Women's National Republican Club
Photograph by Dmadeo, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Women's National Republican Club

Built in 1921 (Georgian Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. 15 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1891.

From the record

One of 601 National Register listings published here for New York County · listed in 2013 · category: Building · built in 1921, Georgian Revival architecture.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 3 W. 51st. St., Manhattan, 10019
  • When was it listed? February 2013
  • Category. building
  • Borough. Manhattan
  • When was it built? 1921
  • Architectural style. Georgian Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 13000040 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Then and now

1891 to 1995

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Women's National Republican Club, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet covering Women's National Republican Club, surveyed 1891

Fires near this property

1,397 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,397 fires within 5 miles of Women's National Republican Club between 1995 and 2020, burning about 406 acres in total. 92 started naturally. 89 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined897
Smoking100
Natural92
Arson/incendiarism89
Equipment and vehicle use68
Misuse of fire by a minor55
Debris and open burning50
Fireworks23
Recreation and ceremony13
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Other causes2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in New York County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Women's National Republican Club: 8 occurrences, 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Garnet, Gemstone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
102nd St & 4th Ave Garnet DepositGarnet, GemstoneOccurrence
49th St & 1st Ave Beryl DepositBerylliumOccurrence
64th St & 10th Ave Stilbite DepositZeolitesOccurrence
69th/70th Sts & 2nd Ave DepositIron, Garnet, TitaniumOccurrence
Manhattan Island OccurrenceMolybdenumOccurrence
2nd St & 4th Ave Siderite DepositIronOccurrence
55th/56th Sts & 3rd Ave DepositIronOccurrence
85th/86th Sts, 9th/10th Aves Dep.IronOccurrence
Granton QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1897
John S. Lane and Son's QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1897

Every working recorded in New York County

Maps showing this location

15 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Residences at 5-15 West 54th Streetunder 500 feet1990
St. Thomas Church and Parish Houseunder 500 feet1980
University Clubunder 500 feet1980
William H. Moore House0.1 miles1972
Houses at 647, 651-53 Fifth Avenue and 4 East 52nd Street0.1 miles1983
New York Bible Society0.2 miles2014

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 13000040 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
New York CountyAll 601 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.