308 State Street
Boerum Hill | built 1847
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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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- 1847
Hardware merchant John W. Towt acquires 308 State Street as an investment
John W. Towt, a hardware merchant, bought No. 308 in 1847 as an investment, after an earlier buyer had defaulted on his mortgage. The house was built about 1847 as a pair with No. 306 by the same builder, although the two lots had different owners. Both were among the first buildings on the block.
“…built in about 1847 as a pair with No. 306 for John W. Towt, a hardware merchant, who acquired No. 308 in 1847 for investment purposes…”
- 1973
The city designates 308 State Street a landmark, half of a pair of transitional houses
In 1973 the Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the 308 State Street House an individual landmark. The house combines a plain Greek Revival front with Italianate details such as foliate brackets under the stone cornice slab over the door and curving iron railings. The report says its carved double doors sit below a rectangular transom.
“This transitional house incorporates the simplicity of a Greek Revival front with various characteristics of the Italianate style.”
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