Detail View: The Landmarks Preservation Commission Designation Photo Collection: 409 Edgecombe Avenue Apartments
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Landmark Name:
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409 Edgecombe Avenue Apartments
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LP Number:
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LP-01861
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Link to Designation Report:
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Landmark Type:
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Individual Landmark
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Designation Date:
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6/15/1993
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Image Type:
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Designation Photos
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Address:
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409-417 Edgecombe Avenue
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BIN:
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1061186
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BBL:
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1020540062
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Borough:
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MN
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Block:
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2054
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Lot:
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62
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Architect or Builder:
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Schwartz & Gross
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Date of Construction:
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1916
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Owner or Developer:
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Candler Holding Corporation
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Style Primary:
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neo-Renaissance
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Material Primary:
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Brick
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Material Secondary:
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Limestone
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Material Tertiary:
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Terra Cotta
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Use Original:
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Residential, multi-family
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Building Type:
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Apartment House
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Notes:
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The building, known simply as "409,'' was first open to African-Americans in the late 1920s and attracted numerous outstanding leaders in the fields of civil rights, politics, law, education, medicine, scholarship, music, and arts.
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File Name:
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LP1861_001.tif
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