Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art, Third & Fourth Avenues, Astor Place, Seventh Stree, New York, New York County, NY

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20 drawings
32 b&w photos
68 data pages

TITLE:
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art, Third & Fourth Avenues, Astor Place, Seventh Stree, New York, New York County, NY

CALL NUMBER:
HAER NY,31-NEYO,81-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 20 (18 x 24 in.)
Photo(s): 32 (4 x 5 in. and 5 x 7 in.)
Data Page(s): 67 plus cover page

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER NY-20

Building/structure dates: 1859 initial construction

Building/structure dates: 1885 subsequent work

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000540

Significance: Founded by industrialist Peter Cooper, the Cooper Union was a pioneering institution in providing free private higher education. Its original building has historic technological importance because of its early use of iron beams in its construction, its early elevator shaft, and its early ventilation and plumbing systems.

SUBJECTS:
NEW YORK--New York County--New York
schools

COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.ny0359

CONTROL #:
NY0359

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