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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]
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 ]
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.
The Weeksville Heritage Center is a historic site on Buffalo Avenue between St. Marks Avenue and Bergen Street in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York City.It is dedicated to the preservation of Weeksville, one of America's first free black communities during the 19th century.
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]
Old House Handyman: 'Chestnuts roasting on an open fire' a wonderful reminder of a special Christmas in New York in the early '70s.
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC), formed in 1965, is the New York City governmental commission that administers the city's Landmarks Preservation Law. Since its founding, it has designated over a thousand landmarks, classified into four categories: individual landmarks, interior landmarks, scenic landmarks, and historic ...