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U. S. Military Academy, Administration Building, West Point, Orange County, NY
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Significance: The Administration Building was designed by Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson as the keystone of their 1903 competition plan. The great height of its load bearing tower and its salient position at the approach to the Plan make it one of the most prominent of its generation of buildings at the Academy. Designed in a collegiate neo-gothic style, the Administration Building is embellished with exterior and interior ornamentation that identifies its important as the post academy headquarters.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-363
Survey number: HABS NY-5708-22
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000562
The United States Military Academy, also known as West Point sits on scenic high ground overlooking the Hudson River, 50 miles north of New York City. The Academy traces its roots to 1801, when President Thomas Jefferson directed that plans be set in motion to establish the United States Military Academy. The entire central campus is a national landmark and home to scores of historic sites, buildings, and monuments.
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