Cooper Union Foundation Building

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New York City designated landmark academic building building on the National Register of Historic Places historic building landmark

The Cooper Union Foundation Building is a historic 19th-century academic structure in Manhattan’s East Village, renowned as the original home of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art and a landmark of American higher education and public discourse.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Cooper Union Academic Building 1
Cooper Union Foundation Building (as founder’s project) 1
Foundation Building (Cooper Union) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf New York City designated landmark ⓘ
academic building ⓘ
building on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
historic building ⓘ
landmark ⓘ
architect Frederick A. Petersen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Frederick Petersen NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalStyle Italianate ⓘ
Rundbogenstil ⓘ
completionDate 1859 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1853 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crossStreet Cooper Square NERFINISHED ⓘ
floorCount 6 ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation National Historic Landmark NERFINISHED ⓘ
New York City Landmark NERFINISHED ⓘ
listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
hasPart Great Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ
basement auditorium ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate 1961 ⓘ
1965 ⓘ
1966 ⓘ
inception 1853 ⓘ
locatedIn East Village, Manhattan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
New York State NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
material brick ⓘ
brownstone ⓘ
wrought iron ⓘ
namedAfter Peter Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ
neighborhood East Village NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor hosting major political speeches and debates ⓘ
role in American higher education ⓘ
role in American public discourse ⓘ
openingDate 1859 ⓘ
operator The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalFunction home of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art ⓘ
owner The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf The Cooper Union campus NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicTransit 8th Street–NYU subway station NERFINISHED ⓘ
Astor Place subway station NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent Abraham Lincoln’s Cooper Union Address NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEventDate February 27, 1860 ⓘ
streetAddress 7 East 7th Street ⓘ
use auditorium for public events ⓘ
educational facility ⓘ
offices ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cooper Union (border area) → hasCentralFeature → Cooper Union Foundation Building ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Cooper Union Foundation Building
Cooper Union (border area) → hasLandmark → Cooper Union Foundation Building ⓘ
Astor Place → hasNearbyHistoricBuilding → Cooper Union Foundation Building ⓘ
Morphosis → hasNotableWork → Cooper Union Foundation Building ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cooper Union Academic Building
National Trust Historic Sites → hasPart → Cooper Union Foundation Building ⓘ
Peter Cooper → hasPart → Cooper Union Foundation Building ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cooper Union Foundation Building (as founder’s project)
The Astor Place Tower (Sculpture for Living), New York → nearbyLandmark → Cooper Union Foundation Building ⓘ
subject surface form: Astor Place Tower
Great Hall → partOf → Cooper Union Foundation Building ⓘ
subject surface form: Great Hall (Cooper Union)
this entity surface form: Foundation Building (Cooper Union)