Cooper Union Foundation Building

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New York City designated landmark academic building building on the National Register of Historic Places historic building landmark

The Cooper Union Foundation Building is a historic 19th-century academic structure in Manhattan’s East Village, renowned as the original home of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art and a landmark of American higher education and public discourse.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Cooper Union Foundation Building canonical	6
Cooper Union Academic Building	2
Cooper Union Foundation Building (as founder’s project)	1
Cooper Union’s Great Hall	1
Foundation Building (Cooper Union)	1
The Cooper Union Foundation Building	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4923911 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cooper Union Foundation Building
Context triple: [Astor Place Tower, nearbyLandmark, Cooper Union Foundation Building]

A. Erastus Corning Tower
Erastus Corning Tower is a prominent modernist skyscraper in Albany, New York, serving as the tallest building in the city and a key component of the state government complex.
B. Brooklyn Municipal Building
The Brooklyn Municipal Building is a prominent government office building in Brooklyn, New York, housing various city agencies and public services.
C. Leacock Building
The Leacock Building is a major academic and classroom complex at McGill University’s downtown Montreal campus, housing numerous lecture halls, offices, and social science departments.
D. Free Academy Building (New York City)
The Free Academy Building in New York City was a prominent 19th-century collegiate structure that served as the original home of what became the City College of New York and exemplified James Renwick Jr.’s Gothic Revival architectural style.
E. Jacob K. Javits Federal Building
The Jacob K. Javits Federal Building is a prominent modernist federal office tower in Lower Manhattan, New York City, housing numerous U.S. government agencies and immigration courts.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cooper Union Foundation Building
Target entity description: The Cooper Union Foundation Building is a historic 19th-century academic structure in Manhattan’s East Village, renowned as the original home of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art and a landmark of American higher education and public discourse.

A. Erastus Corning Tower
Erastus Corning Tower is a prominent modernist skyscraper in Albany, New York, serving as the tallest building in the city and a key component of the state government complex.
B. Brooklyn Municipal Building
The Brooklyn Municipal Building is a prominent government office building in Brooklyn, New York, housing various city agencies and public services.
C. Leacock Building
The Leacock Building is a major academic and classroom complex at McGill University’s downtown Montreal campus, housing numerous lecture halls, offices, and social science departments.
D. Free Academy Building (New York City)
The Free Academy Building in New York City was a prominent 19th-century collegiate structure that served as the original home of what became the City College of New York and exemplified James Renwick Jr.’s Gothic Revival architectural style.
E. Jacob K. Javits Federal Building
The Jacob K. Javits Federal Building is a prominent modernist federal office tower in Lower Manhattan, New York City, housing numerous U.S. government agencies and immigration courts.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New York City designated landmark ⓘ academic building ⓘ building on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ historic building ⓘ landmark ⓘ
architect	Frederick A. Petersen ⓘ Frederick Petersen ⓘ linked to: Carl Petersen
architecturalStyle	Italianate ⓘ Rundbogenstil ⓘ
completionDate	1859 ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1853 ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
crossStreet	Cooper Square ⓘ
floorCount	6 ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark ⓘ New York City Landmark ⓘ listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
hasPart	Great Hall ⓘ basement auditorium ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate	1961 ⓘ 1965 ⓘ 1966 ⓘ
inception	1853 ⓘ
locatedIn	East Village, Manhattan ⓘ linked to: East Village Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York State ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
material	brick ⓘ brownstone ⓘ wrought iron ⓘ
namedAfter	Peter Cooper ⓘ
neighborhood	East Village ⓘ
notableFor	hosting major political speeches and debates ⓘ role in American higher education ⓘ role in American public discourse ⓘ
openingDate	1859 ⓘ
operator	The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art ⓘ linked to: Cooper Union
originalFunction	home of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art ⓘ
owner	The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art ⓘ linked to: Cooper Union
partOf	The Cooper Union campus ⓘ linked to: Cooper Square campus
publicTransit	8th Street–NYU subway station ⓘ linked to: 8th Street–New York University station Astor Place subway station ⓘ
significantEvent	Abraham Lincoln’s Cooper Union Address ⓘ linked to: Abraham Lincoln’s Cooper Union speech
significantEventDate	February 27, 1860 ⓘ
streetAddress	7 East 7th Street ⓘ
use	auditorium for public events ⓘ educational facility ⓘ offices ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Astor Place Tower → nearbyLandmark → Cooper Union Foundation Building ⓘ

subject linked to: The Astor Place Tower (Sculpture for Living), New York

Morphosis → hasNotableWork → Cooper Union Academic Building ⓘ