Hall of Fame of Great Americans

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 Hall of Fame of Great Americans
 
Location: Bronx Community College, West 181st St., Bronx

The Hall of Fame for Great Americans at Bronx Community College, the original Hall of Fame in this country, is a New York landmark institution founded in 1900 to honor prominent Americans who have had a significant impact on this nationā€˜s history. The Hall of Fame was originated by Dr. Henry Mitchell MacCracken, Chancellor of New York University from 1891 to 1910, and was designed as part of the construction of an undergraduate college of that university.

Built in a sweeping semicircular Neo-Classical arc with wings at eith...


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