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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory

A National Historic Landmark. Built in 1901 (Renaissance Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1889.

From the record

“The Brown Building is a ten-story building that is part of the campus of New York University (NYU), which owns it. It is located at 23-29 Washington Place, between Greene Street and Washington Square East in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, and is best known as the location of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of March 25, 1911, which killed 146 people.”

Wikipedia article Brown Building (Manhattan), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 601 National Register listings published here for New York County · listed in 1991 · category: Building · built in 1901, Renaissance Revival architecture · a National Historic Landmark.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • Address. 23--29 Washington Pl., New York, 10003
  • When was it listed? July 1991
  • Category. building
  • Borough. Manhattan
  • When was it built? 1901
  • Architectural style. Renaissance Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 91002050 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Then and now

1889 to 1995

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 106 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet covering Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, surveyed 1889

Fires near this property

1,238 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,238 fires within 5 miles of Triangle Shirtwaist Factory between 1995 and 2020, burning about 379 acres in total. 80 started naturally. 96 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/undetermined788
Arson/incendiarism96
Smoking84
Natural80
Equipment and vehicle use59
Debris and open burning46
Misuse of fire by a minor43
Fireworks23
Recreation and ceremony8
Other causes4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
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 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

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 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory: 8 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Graphite, Manganese. 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
Dixon Crucible/ Jersey City, N.J.GraphiteUnknown
General Metallic Oxides/Jersey CityManganeseUnknown
Manhattan Island OccurrenceMolybdenumOccurrence
John S. Lane and Son's QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1897
Week's Trap QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1898
2nd St & 4th Ave Siderite DepositIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in New York County

Storms near this property

44 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New York, the town this property stands in, in 44 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 16 flash flood, 16 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 4 flood. The reports record 7 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2002Thunderstorm WindNew York2 hurtno account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindNew York2 hurtno account filed
July 2019Thunderstorm WindNew York1 hurt, $6,000A tree limb fell on a car on West 46th Street at 8th Avenue. One person was taken to the hospital with injuries.
May 2024LightningNew York1 hurtOne person injured when a building on Pine Street near Water Street in Lower Manhattan was struck by lightning.
July 2006LightningNew York1 hurtno account filed
November 2020Thunderstorm WindNew York$5,000Downed scaffolding at 18th Street and Seventh Avenue. Time estimated by radar.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindNew York$4,000Multiple trees were down. Debris from a construction site also fell at the same location.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindNew York$4,000Windows were blown out at the Rector Place and Gateway Plaza. Numerous trees were knocked over. There was damage to the revolving door at The Solaire in River Terrace.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindNew York$3,000The NYPD reports wires down in Lower Manhattan.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindNew York$3,000Numerous trees were reported down along South End Avenue, especially between Albany and Liberty Streets. Eight trees fell into Merchant's River House, damaging the outdoor seating area.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindNew York$1,000Tree down at the intersection of 9th Avenue and 45th Street.
September 2021Flash FloodNew York-Flooding was reported at the 28th Street subway station on 7th Avenue in Greenwich Village.
September 2021Flash FloodNew York-Flooding was reported on the eastbound ramp from the center tube of the Lincoln Tunnel to 36th Street in Greenwich Village. All lanes were closed.
November 2021HailNew York-Hail of 1.25 inches in diameter was measured in Greenwich Village.
November 2021HailNew York-Hail of 3/4 inch diameter was measured.
July 2020Flash FloodNew York-Barclay Street was closed due to flooding between West Street and Greenwich Street in Tribeca.
June 2019HailNew York-Hail size of 0.75 inches was reported in Rose Hill section of Manhattan.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindNew York-A thunderstorm wind gust of 58 mph was reported at Battery Park.
August 2018Flash FloodNew York-Flooding reported on FDR Drive with water up to car bottoms.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindNew York-A large tree branch was reported down, blocking two west bound lanes at 360 West 34th Street.
May 2017Flash FloodNew York-West Side Highway was closed between 20th and 30th Streets in Chelsea due to flooding.
May 2017Flash FloodNew York-A vehicle was stuck in a flooded roadway on West 24th Street and West Side Highway in Chelsea.
July 2012HailNew York-Quarter size hail was reported covering the ground at West Broadway and Spring Street.
August 2011FloodNew York-The FDR Drive was closed in both directions at Houston St. due to flooding.
August 2011FloodNew York-The north tube of the Holland Tunnel in Manhattan was closed due to flooding at the New Jersey-bound entrance. Two cars also became stuck in flood waters on 10th Ave. in the West Village.
July 2009Flash FloodNew York-Southbound FDR Drive was closed due to flooding at 14th St.
July 2009Flash FloodNew York-Exit 5 (Houston St.) on the FDR Drive southbound was closed due to flooding.
July 2009Flash FloodNew York-Six inches of standing water accumulated at the intersection of W. 46th St. and Broadway.
August 2008Flash FloodNew York-The torrential rainfall caused a sewer to collapse producing a 6 ft deep sinkhole outside of FDNY ladder company 24 on W. 31st Street in Manhattan.
July 2007Flash FloodNew York-Flooding on West Side Highway.
July 2003HailNew York-A trained spotter reported penny size hail in Lower Manhattan.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindNew York-Television media reported that strong winds knocked over a 50 foot tree in Washington Heights.
April 2007FloodNew York-no account filed
July 2006Flash FloodNew York-no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindNew York-no account filed
July 2006Flash FloodNew York-no account filed
August 2003Flash FloodNew York-no account filed
June 2001FloodNew York-no account filed
September 1998Thunderstorm WindNew York-no account filed
May 1998HailNew York-no account filed
May 1997Thunderstorm WindNew York-no account filed
May 1997Thunderstorm WindNew York-no account filed
July 1996Flash FloodNew York-no account filed
October 1996Flash FloodNew York-no account filed

Every storm recorded in New York County

Maps showing this location

16 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, 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
Judson Memorial Church, Campanile, and Judson Hallunder 500 feet1974
LaGrange Terrace0.2 miles1976
New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture0.2 miles1992
Devinne Press Building0.2 miles1977
Building at 376-380 Lafayette Street0.2 miles1979
Astor Place Subway Station (IRT)0.2 miles2004

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 91002050 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.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.