COLLECTION NAME:
The Landmarks Preservation Commission Designation Photo Collection
Record
Landmark Name:
409 Edgecombe Avenue Apartments
LP Number:
LP-01861
Landmark Type:
Individual Landmark
Designation Date:
6/15/1993
Image Type:
Designation Photos
Address:
409-417 Edgecombe Avenue
BIN:
1061186
BBL:
1020540062
Borough:
MN
Block:
2054
Lot:
62
Architect or Builder:
Schwartz & Gross
Date of Construction:
1916
Owner or Developer:
Candler Holding Corporation
Style Primary:
neo-Renaissance
Material Primary:
Brick
Material Secondary:
Limestone
Material Tertiary:
Terra Cotta
Use Original:
Residential, multi-family
Building Type:
Apartment House
Notes:
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.
File Name:
LP1861_009.tif
409 Edgecombe Avenue Apartments
