Audubon Terrace

Audubon Terrace Historic District
(2008)
Audubon Terrace is located in New York City
Audubon Terrace
LocationBetween Broadway & Riverside Drive,
between West 155th & 156th Streets
Manhattan, New York City
Coordinates40°50′0″N 73°56′49″W / 40.83333°N 73.94694°W / 40.83333; -73.94694
Built1907
ArchitectCharles Pratt Huntington
Architectural styleBeaux Arts/American Renaissance[1]
NRHP reference No.80002667
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 30, 1980[3]
Designated NYCLJanuary 9, 1979[2]
A - formerly American Geographical Society, now Boricua College
B - Hispanic Society Library
C - Church of Our Lady of Esperanza
D - American Academy of Arts and Letters Auditorium
E - American Academy of Arts and Letters (AAA&L)
F - New entrance link
G - formerly American Numismatic Society, now AAA&L Annex
H - Hispanic Society of America
I - formerly Museum of the American Indian, now Hispanic Society

Audubon Terrace, also known as the Audubon Terrace Historic District, is a landmark complex of eight early-20th century Beaux Arts/American Renaissance[1] buildings located on the west side of Broadway, bounded by West 155th and West 156th Streets, in the Washington Heights neighborhood of upper Manhattan, New York City, United States. Home to several cultural institutions, the architecturally complementary buildings, which take up most of a city block, are arranged in two parallel rows facing each other across a common plaza. The complex is directly across 155th Street from Trinity Church Cemetery.

Although the 157th Street station on the New York City Subway's 1 train is one block away, the complex's location considerably north of Midtown Manhattan has resulted in a perceived detriment to easy access for visitors.[4] The complex was designated a New York City landmark in 1979,[2] and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[3]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference aia was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission "Audubon Terrace Historic District Designation Report" Archived 2017-02-28 at the Wayback Machine (January 9, 1979)
  3. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference streetscapes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).