New York Public Library, Hamilton Grange Branch | |
New York Public Library, Hamilton Grange Branch, December 2008 | |
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| Location | 503 and 505 W. 145th St.,New York, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°49′32″N73°56′54″W / 40.82556°N 73.94833°W /40.82556; -73.94833 |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1905 |
| Architect | McKim, Mead & White |
| Architectural style | Renaissance, Italian Renaissance |
| NRHP reference No. | 81000410[1] |
| NYCL No. | 0599 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | July 23, 1981 |
| Designated NYCL | March 31, 1970 |
TheHamilton Grange Branch of theNew York Public Library is a historiclibrary building located inHamilton Heights, Manhattan,New York City. It was designed byMcKim, Mead & White and built in 1905–1906. The branch was one of 65 built by the New York Public Library with funds provided by the philanthropistAndrew Carnegie, 11 of them designed by McKim, Mead & White. It is a three-story-high, five-bay-wide building faced in deeply rusticated graylimestone in anItalian Renaissance style. The building features round arched openings on the first floor and bronze lamps and grilles.[2]
It was designated aNew York City Landmark in 1970 and was listed on theNational Register of Historic Places in 1981.[1]
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