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Breuer Building, NYC

  • 1966-2014: Whitney Museum of American Art
  • 2015-2020: Met Breuer
  • 2021-2024: Frick Madison
  • 2024: Sotheby's
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building


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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1963/00/00 Hamilton Smith Architect
1966/00/00 Marcel Breuer Architect Designed by Marcel Breuer with Hamilton Smith, the third home for the Whitney Museum Of American Art opens, a modernist statement in a neighborhood of traditional limestone, brownstone, and brick row houses.
1966/00/00 Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Benefactor

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Particulars for Breuer Building, NYC:
Art Culture American Art
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Architectural Style Brutalism
Sight Category Building
Architectural Style Modern Movement
Museum Type Museum
Level of Significance National



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 24th September 1986

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Whitney Museum of American Art
Registry Address: 945--953 Madison Ave.
Registry Number: 86003824
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: Breuer,Marcel
Architectural Style: Modern movement
Contributing Buildings: 1
Certification: Determined eligible-owner objection
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Consideration: Significance of less than fifty years
Period of Significance: 1950-1974
Significant Year: 1963, 1966
Historic Function: Recreation and Culture
Historic Sub-Function: Museum
Current Function: Recreation and Culture
Current Sub-Function: Museum

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