ID: 700089861 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700089861	Record Type: Built Work

Central Park Menagerie (zoo (built complex); under William Conklin, director; 1860s-1880s; New York (New York, United States, North and Central America...)

Note: Was located in: New York, New York; original Central Park zoo at the Arsenal, where animals had been exhibited from the late 1850s. Central Park's original plan was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux excluded a zoo, but park commissioners responded to the ad hoc housing of animals by seeking a location for a menagerie. State legislation in 1861 authorized the establishment of the zoo. Victorian-styled structures sprouted up on the grounds 1860s-1880s under the direction of William Conklin, the Menagerie's director.

Titles:

Central Park Menagerie (preferred,C,U,English-P,,N)

Original Central Park Menagerie (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

zoo (built complex) [300000348] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Built Complexes and Districts (hierarchy name), complexes (buildings and sites), <complexes by function>)

former structure [300386958]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by condition>)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: 1860s-1880s

Creator Display:

under William Conklin, director [preferred,BWR]

Embury, Aymar II (American architect, 1880-1966) [500087167]

Locations:

Current: New York [7007567] (Geographic)

Address Note: +40.7,-74; New York, New York, United States

Display Materials: unavailable

Dimensions: unavailable

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Victorian [300021232] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>, <modern European regional styles and movements>, <modern British styles and movements>, <modern British styles by reign>)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness,undetermined)

Related Works:

	predecessor of .... Central Park Zoo [700011391]
	..........zoo (built complex); architect: Embury II, Aymar, under Robert Moses; 1934; New York (New York, United States, North and Central America...

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: landscape architecture, spaces, agricultural, and animal husbandry structures

Sources and Contributors:
Central Park Menagerie	........ [BWR,VP]
	........ Central Park Menagerie, New York Times (1879)
	........ BWR database (2010-)
Original Central Park Menagerie	........ [VP]
	........ BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021)

Subject: ....... [VP,BWR]

....................... BWR database (2010-) BWR3777878

....................... Harvard Library BWR contribution (2010-) U34937

....................... BWR SSID (2010-) 3777878

....................... BWR DSSC ID (2010-) 62047

....................... BWR-04 Data Reconciliation (2020-2021)

Note:
English	..... [BWR,VP]
	..... BWR database (2010-)