Henson, Matthew, Residence
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The Dunbar Apartments, also known as the Paul Laurence Dunbar Garden Apartments or Dunbar Garden Apartments, is a complex of buildings located on West 149th and West 150th Streets between Frederick Douglass Boulevard/Macombs Place and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. They were built by John D. Rockefeller Jr. from 1926 to 1928 to provide housing for African Americans, and was the first large cooperative aimed at that demographic. The buildings were designed by architect Andrew J. Thomas and were named in honor of the noted African American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. The complex consists of six separate buildings with a total of 511 apartments (as constructed) and occupies an entire city block. The buildings center around an interior garden courtyard, with each building U-shaped so that every apartment receives easy air flow and direct sunlight at some point during the day. The Dunbar is considered the "first large garden-complex in Manhattan." The complex was designated a New York City Landmark in 1970, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1979. One of the buildings contains the Matthew Henson Residence, which is separately listed on the NRHP as a National Historic Landmark.
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When was Henson, Matthew, Residence listed on the National Register?
Henson, Matthew, Residence was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 14, 1975.
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Henson, Matthew, Residence is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.
Is Henson, Matthew, Residence a National Historic Landmark?
Yes. Henson, Matthew, Residence has been designated a National Historic Landmark (NHL), the highest level of federal recognition for historic properties in the United States.
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The period of significance for Henson, Matthew, Residence is recorded as the industrial era.
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