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Historic event1904–1930

Archer M. Huntington

Huntington founded the Hispanic Society in 1904 and planned Audubon Terrace as a cluster of cultural institutions on John James Audubon's old estate.

Audubon Terrace

Portrait of Archer M. Huntington around 1900
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The Hispanic Society on Audubon Terrace, which Huntington founded
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Audubon Terrace, the cultural complex Huntington planned, seen from W 155th Street
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Wikipedia says Huntington founded the Hispanic Society in 1904 and conceived Audubon Terrace, a complex of eight buildings between Broadway and W 155th and 156th Sts, developed between 1904 and 1930 on part of John James Audubon’s former estate. The first buildings, completed in 1907, were for the Hispanic Society and the American Numismatic Society.