Casa Amadeo, antigua Casa Hernandez

Casa Amadeo, antigua Casa Hernandez
Location 786 Prospect Ave., Bronx, New York
Coordinates 40°49′9″N 73°54′5″W / 40.81917°N 73.90139°WCoordinates: 40°49′9″N 73°54′5″W / 40.81917°N 73.90139°W
Area less than one acre
Built 1905
Architect Meehan, James F.
Architectural style Renaissance
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 01000244[1]
Added to NRHP March 23, 2001

Casa Amadeo, antigua Casa Hernandez is a historic apartment building containing a noted record shop located in the Longwood section of The Bronx, New York, New York. It was built in 1905 and named the Manhaset apartment building. It is a six story, Neo-Renaissance style building with commercial storefronts on the first floor. The lower two stories are faced with rusticated stone and the upper floors in red brick. It features a projecting entrance porch flanked by Corinthian order columns. The building houses the Casa Amadeo music store, the oldest, continuously-occupied Latin music store in the Bronx having opened in 1941.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
  2. ↑ Kathleen A. Howe (November 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Casa Amadeo, antigua Casa Hernandez". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-01-12. See also: "Accompanying 10 photos".

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