The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 32, August 8, 2004, Article 15

FEATURED WEB PAGE

  This week's featured web page is about the history of
  Audobon Terrace, the former home of The American
  Numismatic Society in New York.

  "The Audubon Terrace Museum Group was the concept of
  scholar, art patron and philanthropist Archer M.Huntington.
  He was the son of Collis P. Huntington, owner of the Central
  Pacific Railroad and Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock
  Companies. The younger Huntington wanted to leave a cultural
  legacy for Hamilton Heights and Washington Heights with a
  variety of museums in one place.

  Huntington began purchasing Audubon Park, which was
  named for the estate of John James Audubon. The construction
  of the complex was planned to coincide with the building of the
  new subway line that was projected to go up Broadway.

  The complex is bordered by 155th Street, 156th Street,
  Broadway and Riverside Drive. The site was laid out in 1908
  by Charles Pratt Huntington, who had created the master plan
  for Audubon Terrace. Most of the major statues on the grounds
  were executed by Anna Vaughn Huntington.

  Audubon Terrace originally included The American Academy
  and Institute of Arts and Letters, The American Numismatic
  Society, The American Geographical Society, The Church of
  Our Lady of Esperanza and the Museum of the American
  Indian-Heye Foundation."  Full article

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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