293 State Street House
293 State Street | Boerum Hill | built 1872
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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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- 1872
Michael Murray builds 293 State Street as a brownstone of the late Italianate style
No. 293 State Street was built in 1872 by the local builder Michael Murray as part of a row of six houses. Its brownstone front rises three stories above a rusticated basement. It has an arched doorway with wooden colonnettes, a segmental-arched pediment, and a small front yard behind a cast-iron railing with balusters of the post-Civil War type.
“No. 293 State Street was erected as part of a row of six houses (Nos. 289-299) by Michael Murray…”
- 1874
Widow Anne M. Crane buys 293 State Street as its first owner
Anne M. Crane, a widow, was the first owner of 293 State Street, which she purchased in 1874. The house was one of a row built by Michael Murray on land bought from William Schermerhorn. Row houses in this part of Boerum Hill were built for merchants and professional people.
- 1973
The Landmarks Preservation Commission designates the 293 State Street House a landmark
Report LP-0745, dated November 20, 1973, designated the house at 293 State Street and its tax lot (Brooklyn block 170, lot 46) a landmark. At the June 23, 1970 hearing, where this house was Item No. 58, twenty-six witnesses spoke for preserving Boerum Hill, and no one opposed designating the State Street houses. The Commission found No. 293 a fine late Italianate example that forms part of a handsome row of five and adds to the dignity of the street.
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