Fort Tryon Park

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Fort Tryon Park

The Fort Tryon Park is a public park in the north of Manhattan . It has a total area of ​​27 hectares . It was named after the British governor William Tryon . Within the park is the the Metropolitan Museum of Art belonging Museum The Cloisters .

The park has been named a Landscape Monument by the city's Landmarks Preservation Commission . Together with The Cloisters it was also in that of the 1,978 government -run National Register of Historic Places added.

Web links

Commons : Fort Tryon Park  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Landmarks Preservation Commission, September 20, 10983, Designation List 167 LP-1717
  2. ↑ Homepage of the National Park Service: National Register of Histroc Places - Fort Tryon Park and the Cloister

Coordinates: 40 ° 51 ′ 39 ″  N , 73 ° 55 ′ 57 ″  W.