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Audubon Terrace is a group of eight early-20th century Beaux Arts/American Renaissance buildings in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Upper Manhattan in New York City, United States. The complex
Plaza facing northeast, with Hispanic Society Library (left) and Boricua College (right) in 2008
A – formerly American Geographical Society, now Boricua College B – Hispanic Society Library C – Church of Our Lady of Esperanza D – American Academy of Arts and Letters Auditorium E – American Academy of Arts and Letters (AAA&L) F – New entrance link G – formerly American Numismatic Society, now AAA&L Annex H – Hispanic Society of America I – formerly Museum of the American Indian, now Hispanic Society
The American Academy of Arts and Letters is a 300-member honor society whose goal is to "foster, assist, and sustain excellence" in American literature, music, and art. Its fixed number membership is
Audubon Terrace in Manhattan in April 2008
The bronze entrance doors to the administration building on West 155th Street were designed by Academy member Adolph Alexander Weinman and are dedicated to the memory of Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman and to the women writers of the United States.