Hall of Fame for Great Americans

The Hall of Fame for Great Americans is an outdoor sculpture gallery located on the grounds of Bronx Community College in , . Designed by Stanford White and built in 1901 as part of the campus of New York University, it was the first hall of fame in the United States.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Building
  • Description: architectural structure
  • Also known as: “Hall of Fame Complex”
  • Address: NY 10453

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include University Woods and University Heights station.

Park
, also known as Cedar Park, is a small woodland park in the neighborhood of in . Overlooking the , the park sits between Sedgwick and Cedar Avenues.

Railway station
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Hudson Line, serving the neighborhood of , New York City. is situated 1,100 feet north of Hall of Fame for Great Americans.

College building
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is a college building, which is situated 400 feet southwest of Hall of Fame for Great Americans.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include University Heights and Morris Heights.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood of the West Bronx in . Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise, are: West Fordham Road to the north, Jerome Avenue to the east, West Burnside Avenue to the south and the to the west.

Neighborhood
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is a residential neighborhood located in the West Bronx. Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise are: West Burnside Avenue to the north, Jerome Avenue to the east, the Cross-Bronx Expressway to the south, and the to the west.

Neighborhood
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is a residential neighborhood in the West Bronx, . Its boundaries are East 181st Street to the north, Third Avenue to the east, the Cross-Bronx Expressway to the south, and the Grand Concourse to the west.

Hall of Fame for Great Americans

Latitude
40.85876° or 40° 51′ 32″ north
Longitude
-73.9141° or 73° 54′ 51″ west
Elevation
148 feet (45 metres)
Height
64 feet (20 metres)
Open location code
87G8V35P+G9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 276273847
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Geo­Names ID
5119794
Wiki­data ID
Q1508557
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Welsh—“Hall of Fame for Great Americans” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Հայտնի ամերիկացիների փառքի սրահ”
  • Belarusian: “Заля славы вялікіх амэрыканцаў”
  • Catalan: “Hall of Fame for Great Americans”
  • Catalan: “Saló de la fama dels grans nord-americans”
  • Chinese: “美国伟人名人堂”
  • Chinese: “美国伟人纪念堂”
  • Chinese: “美國偉人名人堂”
  • Chinese: “美國偉人紀念堂”
  • Dutch: “Hall of Fame for Great Americans”
  • French: “Hall of Fame for Great Americans”
  • German: “Hall of Fame for Great Americans”
  • Greek: “Αίθουσα Δόξας για Σπουδαίους Αμερικανούς”
  • Hebrew: “היכל התהילה לאמריקאים הגדולים”
  • Italian: “Hall of Fame for Great Americans”
  • Japanese: “偉大なアメリカ人の殿堂”
  • Japanese: “偉大な米国人の殿堂”
  • Korean: “위대한 미국인 명예의 전당”
  • Russian: “Зал славы великих американцев”
  • Spanish: “Salón de la Fama para Americanos Ilustres”
  • Swedish: “Hall of Fame for Great Americans”
  • Welsh: “Hall of Fame Americanwyr Mawr”

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