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Boerum Hill Historic District

Coordinates: 40°41′7″N 73°59′13″W / 40.68528°N 73.98694°W / 40.68528; -73.98694
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Boerum Hill Historic District
Bergen Street near Hoyt in Boerum Hill Historic District, August 2013
Boerum Hill Historic District is located in New York City
Boerum Hill Historic District
Boerum Hill Historic District is located in New York
Boerum Hill Historic District
Boerum Hill Historic District is located in the United States
Boerum Hill Historic District
LocationRoughly bounded by Pacific, Wyckoff, Bergen, Nevins, Bond and Hoyt Sts., New York, New York
Coordinates40°41′7″N 73°59′13″W / 40.68528°N 73.98694°W / 40.68528; -73.98694
Area20 acres (8.1 ha)
Built1845
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Italianate
NRHP reference No.83001686 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 26, 1983

Boerum Hill Historic District is a national historic district in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, New York City. It originally consisted of 238 contributing residential rowhouses and a few commercial buildings built between 1845 and 1890. Most are three bay, three story brick buildings with projecting stoops in a Greek Revival or Italianate style.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1] Its area was approximately doubled in 2018.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Larry E. Gobrecht (June 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Registration:Boerum Hill Historic District Nomination Report". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2011-03-06. See also: "Accompanying 21 photos". Archived from the original on 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
  3. ^ Peak preservation: LPC approves extension of Boerum Hill Historic District Brooklyn Paper June 27, 2018. [1] accessed Oct 1, 2018
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