Foundation Building
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The Foundation Building is Cooper Union’s historic flagship structure in New York City, renowned as an early example of modern iron-frame architecture and a longtime center for education, public lectures, and civic discourse.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Foundation Building canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic building
ⓘ
historic building ⓘ iron-frame building ⓘ landmark ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Italianate
ⓘ
iron-frame architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Peter Cooper
ⓘ
Cooper Union ⓘ
surface form:
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
|
| commissionedBy | Peter Cooper ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1853 ⓘ |
| contains |
Great Hall
ⓘ
classrooms ⓘ laboratories ⓘ offices ⓘ studios ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designedBy | Frederick A. Petersen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBasementFeature | Great Hall ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
administration building
ⓘ
civic discourse center ⓘ educational facility ⓘ lecture hall venue ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | New York City Landmark ⓘ |
| landmarkDesignationBy | New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Manhattan
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedInBorough | Manhattan ⓘ |
| locatedInNeighborhood | East Village ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
brick
ⓘ
brownstone ⓘ wrought iron ⓘ |
| name | Foundation Building self-link ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Cooper Union
ⓘ
surface form:
The Cooper Union Foundation
|
| notableFor |
association with free education
ⓘ
early example of modern iron-frame architecture ⓘ role in American political history ⓘ site of major public lectures ⓘ |
| opened | 1859 ⓘ |
| overlooks | Cooper Square ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Cooper Union
ⓘ
surface form:
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
|
| partOf |
Cooper Square campus
ⓘ
surface form:
The Cooper Union campus
|
| streetAddress | 7 East 7th Street ⓘ |
| usedFor |
art and architecture education
ⓘ
community events ⓘ political speeches ⓘ public lectures ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.