Browncroft Historic District

Browncroft Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
One of the historic street signposts at the corner of Ramsey Park and Corwin Road
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Location	Roughly bounded by Browncroft Blvd., Newcastle, Blossom, and Winton Rds., Rochester, New York
Coordinates	43°9′16″N77°32′44″W / 43.15444°N 77.54556°W / 43.15444; -77.54556
Area	116 acres (47 ha)
Built	1914 - 1933
Architect	Browncroft Realty Corp. (landscape), Gordon & Kaelber, et al. (homes)
Architectural style	Prairie Style, Tudor revival, Georgian revival, Colonial revival
NRHP reference No.	04000346 [1]
Added to NRHP	April 20, 2004

The Browncroft Historic District is a national historic district located in the Browncroft neighborhood of Rochester, New York. The district contains 518 contributing buildings, two contributing sites, two contributing objects, and two contributing structures over 116 acres. ^[1] It includes 417 residential properties constructed between 1914 and World War II. ^{[2] [3]}

The neighborhood's original developer, Charles J. Brown, former president of the National Nurserymen's Association, gave it its name. It was declared a National Historic District and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. ^{[1] [4]} The district is "recognized for the architectural integrity of the homes, a landscape design that features uniform plantings of flowering shrubs and shade trees, and its role in the development of Rochester." ^[4]

Description

The historic district includes only certain designated properties located in a subsection of the neighborhood approximately circumscribed by Browncroft Boulevard on the North, Newcastle Road on the east, Blossom Road on the south, and Winton Road on the west.

Unofficial landmarks within the historic district include:

• Two of the development's original wrought iron street signposts (Located at the corner of Ramsey Park and Corwin Road ( 43°09′21″N77°32′53″W / 43.155960°N 77.548040°W / 43.155960; -77.548040 ) and at the corner of Windemere and Newcastle Roads ( 43°09′19″N77°32′31″W / 43.155360°N 77.541980°W / 43.155360; -77.541980 )).
• The house at 273 Dorchester Road ( 43°09′15″N77°32′34″W / 43.154210°N 77.542730°W / 43.154210; -77.542730 ) which contains columns from the original nursery office before its demolition.
• The house at 540 North Winton Road ( 43°09′21″N77°32′57″W / 43.15577°N 77.54910°W / 43.15577; -77.54910 ), the original farmhouse of Steven M. Corwin, ^[5] which later served as Brown's home.

Gallery

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  The Steven M. Corwin Home at 540 North Winton Road
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  10, 22 and 30 Ramsey Park
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  40 Ramsey Park
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  60 Ramsey Park
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  76-80 Ramsey Park

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Browncroft Neighborhood Association. "Browncroft Historic District". Rochester, New York . Retrieved April 28, 2009.
3. Robert T. Englert (September 2003). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Browncroft Historic District. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 6, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
4. "Browncroft earns place on historic register", Democrat and Chronicle , Rochester, New York, pp. 1B, May 4, 2004, ISSN   1088-5153, OCLC   5757784
5. Peck, William F. (1908), History of Rochester and Monroe county, New York, from the earliest historic times to the beginning of 1907, vol. 1, The Pioneer Publishing Company, p. 570, OCLC   3740785

External links

• National Register of Historic Places listing
• Landmark Society of Western New York neighborhood page
• District historic photos