290 State Street House
290 State Street | Downtown Brooklyn | built 1871
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1871
William Hobday builds 290 State Street as one of four Italianate row houses
About 1871 real estate developer William Hobday built the house as an investment, part of a row of four on State Street (no. 288 has since been demolished). It is a modest late Italianate rowhouse with a red brick front, simple brownstone trim and an ornate roof cornice on foliate brackets.
“No. 290 State Street was erected c. 1871 for real estate developer William Hobday as one of a row of four houses.”
- 1872
Tailor William Blossfeld acquires 290 State Street after Hobday defaults
Hobday defaulted on his mortgage payments, and in 1872 the property passed to William Blossfeld, a tailor. The house was one of a row of four that Hobday had built about 1871.
“William Blossfeld, a tailor, acquired the property in 1872 after Hobday defaulted on the mortgage payments.”
- 1973
The Landmarks Preservation Commission designates the 290 State Street House
The Landmarks Preservation Commission held a hearing on June 23, 1970 on designating 290 State Street, at which 26 witnesses spoke in favor of preserving the Boerum Hill neighborhood and none opposed. On November 20, 1973 it designated the house a landmark, calling it a fine example of the late Italianate style and one of a handsome group of three houses. The designation covers the house and its tax lot, Block 176, Lot 5.
“…the 290 State Street House is a fine example of the late Italianate style of architecture, that it forms part of a handsome group of three houses…”
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