Casa Italiana
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Casa Italiana is a building at Columbia University located at 1161 Amsterdam Avenue between West 116th and 118th Streets in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, which houses the university's Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America. It was built in 1926–27 and was designed by William M. Kendall of McKim, Mead & White in the Renaissance style, modeled after a 15th-century Roman palazzo.[3] The building was restored, and the east facade completed, in 1996 by Buttrick White & Burtis with Italo Rota as associate architect.
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Casa Italiana | |
Location | 1151–1161 Amsterdam Ave., New York, New York |
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Coordinates | 40°48′27″N 73°57′37″W |
Built | 1926–27 |
Architect | William M. Kendall |
Architectural style | Italian Renaissance |
NRHP reference No. | 82001188[1] |
NYSRHP No. | 06101.000447 |
NYCL No. | 0991 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | October 29, 1982 |
Designated NYSRHP | September 22, 1982 |
Designated NYCL | March 28, 1978[2] |
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