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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1851/00/00 William Backhouse Astor Sr Benefactor Land for Mrs Astor's Orphan Asylum is purchased by William B Astor from Henry Beekman Armstrong and wife Mary Drayton Armstrong. The land had been in the Astor family since granting of the Schuyler Patent by the Crown in 1688.
1852/00/00 Funded by Margaret Rebecca Armstrong Astor, St Margaret's Home is built in the Italian Villa style. Margaret Armstrong Astor financed operations until 1872.
1872/00/00 Margaret Astor Ward Chanler Benefactor Margaret Astor Ward Chanler becomes the financial supporter of Mrs Astor's Orphan Asylum, maintaining her commitment until 1875.

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Particulars for St Margaret's Home:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Criteria Exemplar
Historic Use Institutional housing
Architectural Style Italianate Villa Style
Area of Significance Social History



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 28th September 2006

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: St. Margaret's Home
Registry Address: 7260 South Broadway
Registry Number: 06000883
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Local
Architectural Style: Italian villa
Contributing Buildings: 1
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Architecture, Social history
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Significant Year: 1852, 1853
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Institutional housing
Current Function: Vacant, not in use
Current Sub-Function:

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