Feuchtwanger Stable

159 Carlton Avenue | Fort Greene | built 1987

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  1. 1888

    Meyer Feuchtwanger hires Marshall J. Morrill to design a large brick stable on Carlton Avenue

    Meyer Feuchtwanger commissioned Marshall J. Morrill, a busy Brooklyn architect known for row houses in many neighborhoods, to design a big Romanesque Revival stable. Three large arches on the ground floor served as entrances for horses and carriages. Morrill repeated the triple arch in the top-story windows and finished the facade with a brickwork cornice and arched brick window and door surrounds.

    Source: brownstoner.com

  2. 1913

    The stable becomes a candy factory owned by Franklin W. Flagler

    As cars and trucks replaced horses, many of Brooklyn's public stables were torn down or turned into garages, factories and warehouses. Carlton Avenue's block here was mixed in use, with some houses, a big factory beside it, other stables and a firehouse. In 1913 the Feuchtwanger building became a candy factory owned by Franklin W. Flagler.

    Source: brownstoner.com

  3. 1986

    An abandoned stable is nominated to the National Register of Historic Places

    The old stable had sat as a storage warehouse for years by 1982, and its final use was as an auto repair garage. In the mid-1980s an arson fire shut it down for good, and it stood boarded up and abandoned. At its 1986 nomination to the National Register of Historic Places the building was still vacant and in poor shape.

    Source: brownstoner.com

  4. 1988

    Anderson Associates turns the stable into loft condominiums using historic tax credits

    Being on the National Register made the building eligible for state and federal historic tax credits. Anderson Associates used them to help pay for restoring and converting it into loft condominiums in 1988, and the project covered its own costs. The former stable now holds twelve condominium units.

    Source: brownstoner.com

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