316 State Street
Boerum Hill | built 1848
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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
John and Diederick Westfall, liquor merchants, commission 316 State Street as part of a four-house row
No. 316 State Street was built in 1847-48 for the brothers John and Diederick Westfall, liquor merchants who bought the lot covering Nos. 310 through 316 in September 1847 and commissioned a row of Greek Revival houses on it. Both brothers lived in newly built houses there by the next year.
“The Westfalls, who were liquor merchants, acquired the lot for Nos. 310-316 in September 1847, and they commissioned the construction of the row.”
- 1847
316 State Street keeps its Greek Revival details, including a rope-molded doorway under a low pediment
Three stories of painted brick rise above a rusticated basement with two windows behind iron grilles. The entrance, reached by a high stoop, has Doric-type pilasters and a low pediment, and its later wooden doors are framed by rope molding. The roof cornice has closely spaced brick dentils, and delicate wrought-iron railings line the stoop and yard, with fretwork at the base of the yard railing.
- 1973
The Landmarks Preservation Commission designates the 316 State Street House a landmark
On November 20, 1973 the Commission designated the house and its lot (Brooklyn tax block 176, lot 18) a landmark. It cited the building as a fine Greek Revival example that forms part of a handsome group of four houses and adds to the character of the Boerum Hill community.
“…the 316 State Street House is a fine example of the Greek Revival style of architecture, that it forms part of a handsome group of four houses…”
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