Flatbush Town Hall
Flatbush Town Hall | |
(April 2010) | |
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Location |
35 Snyder Ave. Brooklyn, New York City |
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Coordinates | 40°38′56″N 73°57′26″W / 40.64889°N 73.95722°WCoordinates: 40°38′56″N 73°57′26″W / 40.64889°N 73.95722°W |
Built | 1874-75 |
Architect | John Y. Culyer, William Vause |
Architectural style | High Victorian Gothic[1] |
NRHP Reference # | 72000851[2] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | July 24, 1972 |
Designated NYCL | October 16, 1973 |
Flatbush Town Hall at 35 Snyder Avenue between Flatbush and Bedford Avenues in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City, is a historic town hall built in 1874-75 and designed by John Y. Culyer in the High Victorian Gothic style[1] in the Ruskinian mode.[3] It is a two story masonry building on a stone foundation, and features a three-story bell tower with a steep hip roof. The building dates from the time before the Town of Flatbush was integrated into the City of Brooklyn, in 1894, after which the building served as a magistrate's court and the New York City Police Department's 67th Police Precinct station.[4]
Due to the efforts of the Town of Flatbush Civic and Cultural Association and the Flatbush Historical Society, the building was saved from a planned demolition, and was designated a New York City Landmark in 1966,[1] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[2] In the late 1980s it underwent a redesign and refurbishment by the New York City Department of Administrative Services, and it is now used as a public school focused on the needs of special education children.
See also
- List of New York City Landmarks
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Kings County, New York
References
Notes
- 1 2 3 New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; Dolkart, Andrew S. (text); Postal, Matthew A. (text) (2009), Postal, Matthew A., ed., Guide to New York City Landmarks (4th ed.), New York: John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 978-0-470-28963-1, p.265
- 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ White, Norval; Willensky, Elliot; Leadon, Fran (2010), AIA Guide to New York City (5th ed.), New York: Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780195383867, p.711
- ↑ T. Robins Brown (April 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Registration:Flatbush Town Hall". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-02-20. See also: "Accompanying photo".
External links
Media related to Flatbush Town Hall at Wikimedia Commons