United Charities Building

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name = United Charities Building
nrhp_type = nhl

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location = 105 East 22nd Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York
lat_degrees = 40 | lat_minutes = 44 | lat_seconds = 21.8 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 73 | long_minutes = 59 | long_seconds = 13.7 | long_direction = W
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built = 1893 [ [http://www.nr.nps.gov/writeups/85000661.nl.pdf NHL Writeup] ]
architect = James Baker and Robert H. Robertson
architecture =Renaissance Romanesque
designated= July 17, 1991cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1891&ResourceType=Building
title=United Charities Building|date=2007-09-20|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = March 28, 1985 [Nrhp source1|NY|New+York|state10]
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refnum= 85000661
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The United Charities Building, also known as United Charities Building Complex was built in 1893 by a wealthy businessman in order to provide his favorite charities a low cost location for their operations. Other charities were allowed to rent space at below market rates. [ [http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/pwwmh/ny26.htm Places Where Women Made History: United Charites Building, at National Park Service] ]

The building was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1991.,cite web|url=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/85000661.pdf "United Charities Building", September 29, 1989, by Page Putnam Miller] |396 KB|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration|date=1989-09-29|publisher=National Park Service] ,cite web|url=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/85000661.pdf United Charities Building--Accompanying 2 photos, exterior, from 1989.] |354 KB|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration|date=1989-09-29|publisher=National Park Service]

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