Tenement Building at 97 Orchard Street

97 Orchard St., New York, New York. County/parish: New York.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 19, 1992. NRIS 92000556.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Lower East Side Tenement Museum

From Wikipedia:

Lower East Side Tenement Museum

The Lower East Side Tenement Museum is a museum and National Historic Site located at 97 and 103 Orchard Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City, United States. The museum's two historical tenement buildings were home to an estimated 15,000 people, from over 20 nations, between 1863 and 1935 (97 Orchard Street) and 1888 and 2015 (103 Orchard Street). The museum, which includes a visitors' center, promotes tolerance and historical perspective on the immigrant experience.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315866

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