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Free Academy Building
23rd Street and Lexington Avenue
Architect: James Renwick Erected: 1848 Demolished: 1928

City College was chartered in 1847 as the Free Academy of New York. Although the name was changed to The College of the City of New York in 1866, the name “Free Academy Building” remained in use for decades. However, on the rear of the plate, the building is titled “The Old Building. ”

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