Founder’s Hall
Founder's Hall was the first building built on the campus of Rockefeller University at 66th Street and York Avenue, in Manhattan, New York City. Built between 1903 and 1906, it represents an instance of one of John D.Photo: Dmadeo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: university building in Manhattan, United States of America
- Also known as: “Founders Hall”
- Address: NY
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Medical College and Graduate School of Medical Sciences.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Hospital
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is a cancer treatment and research institution in Manhattan in New York City. MSKCC is one of 72 National Cancer Institute–designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is situated 930 feet northwest of Founder’s Hall.
Weill Medical College and Graduate School of Medical Sciences
University
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Weill Cornell Medicine, originally Cornell University Medical College, is the medical school of Cornell University, located on the Upper East Side neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States. Weill Medical College and Graduate School of Medical Sciences is situated 890 feet north of Founder’s Hall.
Museum of Modern Art
Museum
The Museum of Modern Art is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. MoMA's collection spans the late 19th century to the present, and includes over 200,000 works of architecture and design, drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, prints, illustrated and artist's books, film, as well as electronic media. Museum of Modern Art is situated 1¼ miles west of Founder’s Hall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lenox Hill and Upper East Side.
Lenox Hill
Neighborhood
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Lenox Hill is a neighborhood on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. It forms the lower section of the Upper East Side, east of Park Avenue in the 60s and 70s.
Upper East Side
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The Upper East Side of Manhattan is one of the city's wealthiest districts. Spanning the stretch of island between 59th Street to 96th Street east of Central Park, the neighborhoods of Lenox Hill, Yorkville, and Carnegie Hill are full of luxurious townhouses and apartment buildings on some of the most affluent addresses in New York.
Long Island City and Astoria
Long Island City is a neighborhood within the New York City borough of Queens. It is bordered by Astoria to the north; the East River to the west; Sunnyside to the east; and Newtown Creek, which separates Queens from Greenpoint, Brooklyn, to the south.
Founder’s Hall
- Category: university building
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.76232° or 40° 45′ 44″ northLongitude
-73.95515° or 73° 57′ 19″ westElevation
39 feet (12 metres)Open location code
87G8Q26V+WWOpenStreetMap ID
node 368052582OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
“Founder’s Hall” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Founder’s Hall”
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