Founded in 1900 to honor prominent Americans who have had a significant impact on this nation's history, the Hall of Fame for Great Americans is a New York landmark institution that is the original "Hall of Fame" in the United States. Three buildings, Gould Memorial Library, the Hall of Languages and Cornelius Baker Hall of Philosophy, adjoin the 630-foot open-air Colonnade, which houses the 98 bronze busts of the honorees. These include authors, educators, architects, inventors, military leaders, judges, theologians, philanthropists, humanitarians, scientists, artists, and explorers.