Lincoln Club

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Lincoln Club
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Location65 Putnam Ave., New York, New York
Coordinates 40°40′59″N73°57′35″W / 40.68306°N 73.95972°W / 40.68306; -73.95972
Arealess than one acre
Built1886
Architect Rudolph L. Daus
Architectural style Queen Anne
NRHP reference No. 83001693 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 27, 1983
Designated NYCLMay 12, 1981

Lincoln Club, also known as Mechanics Temple, Independent Order of Mechanics of the Western Hemisphere, is a historic clubhouse in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, New York, New York. It was built between 1886 and 1889 and is a 4+12-story Queen Anne style masonry building. It is built of Roman brick and rock-faced Lake Superior brownstone with smooth brownstone bands and terra cotta ornament. It has a sunken basement and the front facade features four distinctive arches on the first floor and a 2-story oriel window. [2]

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1]

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  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Anne B. Covell (September 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Registration:Lincoln Club". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved March 2, 2011.See also: "Accompanying four photos".