312 State Street

Boerum Hill | built 1848

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1848
Liquor merchants John and Diederick Westfall build 312 State Street as part of a four-house row
The liquor merchants John and Diederick Westfall bought the lots on which 312 State Street stands in September 1847 and commissioned a row of four Greek Revival houses. Built in 1847-48, the row ran from Nos. 310 to 316, with 312 as one of its houses. By 1848 both brothers were living in newly built houses there.
“The Westfalls, who were liquor merchants, acquired the lots for Nos. 310-316 in September 1847, and they commissioned the construction of the row.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1973
The city designates 312 State Street a landmark, a Greek Revival house with later ornament
The Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the 312 State Street House an individual landmark in 1973. It called the house a fine example of Greek Revival modified by ornament of a later period, such as the neo-Grec sunburst carvings above the basement windows and the glass-paned double doors. The doorway has Doric-type pilasters carved with roses.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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