Dyckman-Hillside Substation

	Dyckman-Hillside Substation; (Substation 17)
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	(2014)
Location	127-129 Hillside Avenue; Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York City
Built	1904-05
Architectural style	Beaux-Arts
MPS	New York City Subway System MPS
NRHP reference No.	06000025
Added to NRHP	February 9, 2006

The Dyckman-Hillside Substation, also known as Substation 17, is an historic electrical substation located at 127-129 Hillside Avenue between Sickles Street and Nagle Avenue, near the Dyckman Street station of the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line, in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It was one of eight substations constructed by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company in 1904-05.

The substation is a two story, free-standing masonry building in the Beaux-Arts style. It features hipped roof, tower-like projections, scrolled wrought iron brackets, and terra cotta decorative details.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.^[1]

References

Notes

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Kathleen A. Howe (March 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Substation 17". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-03-19. See also: "Accompanying 11 photos".

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[nrhpinv_ny-2] Kathleen A. Howe (March 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Substation 17". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-03-19. See also: "Accompanying 11 photos".

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