298 State Street House

298 State Street | Downtown Brooklyn | built 1849

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Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

1. 1849

   Porter Samuel Morrow buys the lot and builds 298 State Street

   Samuel Morrow, a porter, bought the property from Charles Hoyt in 1849 and had the house built around that year in a modified Greek Revival style. He was living there by 1850. The Landmarks Preservation Commission notes that it was designed as an individual residence and not as part of a speculative row.

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

2. 1849

   The house at 298 State Street shows modified Greek Revival design

   Designed in a modified Greek Revival style, the brick house rises three stories over a stuccoed basement, with lintels over the doorway and the parlor and second-floor windows, and upper windows that shrink as they climb. Corbel blocks under the upper sills point toward the later Italianate style. The Landmarks Preservation Commission also singles out the delicate iron railings of its yard and stoop.

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

3. 1973

   November 20

   The Landmarks Preservation Commission designates 298 State Street a city landmark

   After a June 1970 hearing at which twenty-six witnesses spoke for preserving the Boerum Hill neighborhood and none opposed designating the State Street houses, the Landmarks Preservation Commission made 298 State Street an individual landmark on November 20, 1973. The designation covers the house and its tax lot, Block 176, Lot 9.

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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