African Burial Ground National Monument (New York City, New York)

USA / New Jersey / Hoboken / New York City, New York / Broadway, 290
 museum, park, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, historic landmark
290 Broadway
New York, NY 10007
www.nps.gov/afbg/index.htm
www.nps.gov/carto/hfc/carto/media/AFBGmap1.pdf

African Burial Ground National Monument at Duane Street and African Burial Ground Way (Elk Street) in the Civic Center district of Lower Manhattan, New York City preserves a site containing the remains of more than 400 Africans buried during the late 17th and 18th centuries in a portion of what was the largest colonial-era cemetery for people of African descent, some free, most enslaved.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Burial_Ground_National_Monument
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Coordinates:   40°42'52"N   74°0'16"W

Comments

  • A building? Really? I don't think so. Building mark gone.
  • It is a sculptural monument. Not really a building...
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