Built 1915 Designated NHL May 11, 1976 Added to NRHP 11 May 1976 | NRHP Reference # 76001239 Opened 1915 | |
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Location 935 St. Nicholas Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York Architectural style Gothic Revival architecture Similar Duke Ellington Bridge, Matthew Henson Residence, Carnegie Hall, New York City Police Museum, Bryant Park | ||
The Edward Kennedy 'Duke' Ellington House is where Duke Ellington, the noted African American composer and jazz pianist, resided from 1939 through 1961, in Apartment #4A. The apartment building was built in 1915 in the Late Gothic Revival style.
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places as a National Historic Landmark in 1976.
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