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The Wyckoff House, or Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House, is a historic house at 5816 Clarendon Road in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, within Milton Fidler Park. It is situated on land that New Netherland director general Wouter van Twiller purchased from the Lenape natives in approximately 1636. [ 5 ]
Park Slope Historic District is a national historic district in Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York, New York. It consists of 1,802 contributing buildings built between 1862 and about 1920. The 40-block district is almost exclusively residential and located adjacent to Prospect Park.
Development was threatening Brooklyn's rural setting by the end of the 19th Century and in 1917, John Lefferts' estate offered the family's home to the City of New York with the condition that the house be moved onto city property as a means of protection and historic preservation. The house was moved six blocks to Prospect Park. [3]
The following properties are listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Brooklyn. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, which coincides with Kings County, New York. The locations of National Register properties ...
The Old Stone House is a house located in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The Old Stone House is situated within the J. J. Byrne Playground, at Washington Park , on Third Street between Fourth and Fifth Avenues.
Clinton Hill Historic District is a national historic district in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, in New York City. It consists of 1,063 largely residential contributing buildings built between the 1840s and 1930 in popular contemporary and revival styles. Buildings include freestanding mansions, row houses, and apartment buildings. The district ...
Old House Handyman: 'Chestnuts roasting on an open fire' a wonderful reminder of a special Christmas in New York in the early '70s.
The house was bought by the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation in 2001 and is operated by the Hendrick I. Lott House Preservation Association, and is a member of the Historic House Trust. Restoration of the structural skeleton and the roof began in the mid-2000s, [5] and the restoration of the interior was set to commence in 2019. [6]