Category:Fort Tryon Park

Fort Tryon Park, located in Upper Manhattan, New York City, was created when philanthropist John D. Rockefeller, Jr. began to buy up the county estates in the area where the Battle of Washington Heights was fought in the Revolutionary War, in order to create a park. He engaged Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. of the Olmsted Brothers firm to design the park (James W. Dawson created the planting plan), and gave it to the city in 1931; the park was completed in 1935. Rockefeller also gave to the Metropolitan Museum of Art a collection of medieval art, and the museum built The Cloisters in the park to house it, completing it in 1939. The park extends from West 190th Street to Dyckman Street and from Broadway to Riverside Drive/West Side Highway. The main entrance to the part is at Margaret Corbin Circle, at the intersection of Fort Washington Avenue and Cabrini Boulevard. The park was added to the NRHP in 1978 and was designated a NYC Scenic Landmark in 1983. (Sources: Guide to NYC Landmarks (4th ed.) and AIA Guide to NYC (5th ed.))

This is a category about a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 78001870.

Fort Tryon Park 

urban park in Manhattan, New York City, USA
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Instance of	urban park historic district military base
Location	Manhattan, New York City, New York
Architect	Olmsted Brothers
Operator	New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
Heritage designation	National Register of Historic Places listed place (A, C, Fort Tryon Park and the Cloisters, NRHP district, 1978–) New York City Landmark (1983–)
Inception	1935
Area	27 ha
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40° 51′ 39″ N, 73° 55′ 57″ W
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