State Street Houses

	State Street Houses
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
	NYC Landmark
	291-299 State Street (2013)
Location	291-299 (odd) and 290-324 (even) State St.; Brooklyn, New York City
Coordinates	40°41′19″N73°59′16″W / 40.68861°N 73.98778°W
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1847-1874
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Italianate
NRHP reference No.	80002640
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	January 17, 1980
Designated NYCL	November 20, 1973

Last updated April 06, 2025

The State Street Houses are 23 Greek Revival and Italianate rowhouses built between 1847 and 1874 and located at 291-299 (odd) and 290-324 (even) State Street between Smith and Hoyt Streets in the Boerum Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City.^[2]^[3] The construction of the houses was part of the transformation of the formerly rural area into a fashionable new residential neighborhood.^[2]

The houses, which are three stories high on raised basements and feature the same cornice lines and similar window heights, were designated New York City landmarks in 1973, and are the contributing properties to a national historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.^[1]

References

Notes

1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
1 2 New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; Dolkart, Andrew S.; Postal, Matthew A. (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.240
↑ Virginia Kurshan; Joan R. Olshansky & Elizabeth Spencer-Ralph (August 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Registration:State Street Houses". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2011-03-19.See also: "Accompanying 11 photos". Archived from the original on 2013-09-21.

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[nris-1] 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[nycland-2] 1 2 New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; Dolkart, Andrew S.; Postal, Matthew A. (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.240

[nrhpinv_ny-3] Virginia Kurshan; Joan R. Olshansky & Elizabeth Spencer-Ralph (August 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Registration:State Street Houses". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2011-03-19.See also: "Accompanying 11 photos". Archived from the original on 2013-09-21.

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