294 State Street House
294 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.
Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.
- 1870
William Hobday buys the lot at 294 State Street and signs a party wall agreement
Developer William Hobday acquired the property in January 1870. He agreed on a party wall with Samuel Gwyn, executor of the estate of James Garvin, which owned the neighboring no. 296. Construction of no. 294 and the rest of the four-house row must have begun soon after.
“When Hobday acquired the property in January 1870, he entered into a party wall agreement with Samuel Gwyn, the executor of James Garvin's estate which owned No. 296.”
- 1872
Tea merchant William Grandeman and his wife Mary occupy 294 State Street
Hobday sold the house to Mary Grandeman, wife of William Grandeman, a tea merchant. The couple lived in it in 1872. The house is a late Italianate rowhouse, built about 1871.
- 1973
The Landmarks Preservation Commission designates the 294 State Street House
At a June 23, 1970 hearing on designating 294 State Street, 26 witnesses spoke in favor of preserving the Boerum Hill neighborhood and nobody spoke against designating the State Street houses. The Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the house a landmark on November 20, 1973, finding it a fine example of the late Italianate style and part of a handsome group of three houses that adds to the neighborhood. The landmark site is Block 176, Lot 7.
“…fine example of the late Italianate style of architecture, that it forms part of a handsome group of three houses…”
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