Designated November 13, 2001 Built in three sections, the Lefferts-Laidlaw house is a rare surviving example of a freestanding, temple-fronted Greek Revival style structure in Brooklyn. In form and decoration, this residence is typical of the designs popularized by the builders’ guides of the period, exhibiting such distinctive characteristics as a temple front with a […]
Designated March 13, 2007 The Laboratory Administration Building, designed by William Kendall of the renowned architectural firm, McKim, Mead & White, is located within the boundaries of and is an integral part of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. The building is modeled after small churches in the Lombardy region of Italy and is constructed in a […]
Designated December 12, 2006 In an area composed primarily of late nineteenth century rowhouses, the wood-framed Italianate villa at 70 Lefferts Place is one of few extant remnants of Clinton Hill South’s mid-nineteenth century suburban past. Constructed c. 1854 for the prominent merchant James W. Elwell, the house is one of the two oldest houses […]
January 3, 2009 Built around 1830-35 by Nelly Johnson Hubbard, the Hubbard House is, in part, a rare surviving early nineteenth-century Dutch-American farmhouse in Brooklyn. The older section of the house reflects traditional Dutch design in its incorporation of H-bent construction, which gives the house its characteristic one-and-one-half-story form, in its use of a gabled […]
June 16, 2015 This unusually well-preserved and rare free-standing Italianate style frame house with Greek Revival style elements was erected for Henry and Susan McDonald in 1853-54. The house’s cubic form, low-hipped roof, strongly projected bracketed eaves, molded window surrounds, wood-and-glass double doors with segmental-arched transom and wood reveal, and columned portico enriched with dentils […]
June 8, 2004 The Hecla Iron Works Building, constructed in 1896-97, is located on North 11th Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Four stories tall, the front and rear elevations are faced with cast-iron panels enriched by simple classical details. While most iron fronts incorporate rows of weight-bearing columns, this facade is only a few inches thick, […]
Of various factories that once lined the East River, the former Havemeyers & Elder Refinery, later known as the Domino Sugar Refinery, is the largest and most significant structure to survive. The three conjoined properties–the Filter House, Pan House, and Finishing House–are located on Kent Avenue in Williamsburg, between South 2nd Street and South 3rd […]
Designated November 24, 2006 The only-known freestanding, mid-nineteenth-century, wood country house remaining in northwestern Crown Heights, and the former home of a prominent figure in the neighborhood’s early history, the George B. and Susan Elkins House is a significant link to Crown Heights’ suburban past. Constructed before 1869 on the former Lefferts farm, which had […]
Designated November 20, 2007 Dating from 1878, the Flatbush District No. 1 School is an important link to the years in which Flatbush was transformed from an agricultural village into a major suburb. John Y. Culyer was a locally prominent civil engineer and landscape architect who was the chief engineer and superintendent of Brooklyn’s Prospect […]
Designated February 12, 2013 The Firehouse for Engine Company 40/Hook & Ladder Company 21 was built in 1895 as part of a campaign by Brooklyn Fire Commissioner Frederick W. Wurster to replace the old firehouses housing the volunteer fire companies in Brooklyn’s recently annexed districts with new up-to-date buildings suitable for modern equipment and full-time […]
