Fort Greene Historic District Explained

Fort Greene Historic District
Nrhp Type:	hd
Nocat:	yes
Location:	Roughly bounded by Ft. Greene Pl., Fulton St., Vanderbilt and Myrtle Aves., New York, New York
Coordinates:	40.6886°N -73.9719°W
Built:	1840
Architect:	Multiple
Architecture:	Mixed (more Than 2 Styles From Different Periods), Italianate
Added:	September 26, 1983
Area:	105acres
Refnum:	83001691 Fort Greene Historic District (Boundary Increase) Embed: yes Nrhp Type: hd Nocat: yes Built: 1850 Architect: Multiple Architecture: Second Empire, Italianate, Anglo-Italianate Added: September 7, 1984 Area: 137acres Refnum: 84002451

Fort Greene Historic District is a national historic district in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, New York, New York. It consists of 1,158 contributing buildings, two contributing sites, one contributing object, and two contributing structures. It is characterized by a concentration of architecturally distinguished three and four story townhouses developed speculatively and built between 1840 and 1890. Most are faced in sandstone and exhibit characteristics of the Greek Revival, Italianate, Second Empire, and Neo-Grec styles. It includes the 33-acre Fort Greene Park designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux in 1868. In the park is a column memorializing Revolutionary War soldiers (Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument) that was designed by McKim, Mead, and White and erected in 1908. The park was built on the site of fortifications built in 1776 and 1814.^[1] Also located in the district is the Brooklyn Academy of Music.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 and expanded in 1984.

Notes and References

1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration:Fort Greene Historic District. August 1983. 2011-03-12. Larry Gobrecht. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. 2012-10-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20121019091255/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=3226. dead. See also: Web site: Accompanying 26 photos. 2011-03-12. 2012-10-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20121019091312/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=3225. dead.
2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration:Fort Greene Historic District (Boundary Increase). June 1984. 2011-03-12. Merrill Hesch. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. 2012-10-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20121019091323/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=3173. dead. See also: Web site: Accompanying 25 photos. 2011-03-12. 2012-10-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20121019091335/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=3171. dead. See also: Web site: Accompanying 47 photos. 2011-03-12. 2012-10-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20121019091350/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=3172. dead.