318 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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- 1846
Produce partner John Combes buys the lot at 318 State Street as an investment
John Combes, a partner in a Washington Market produce business with John Nix, acquired the lot for No. 318 in November 1846 for investment purposes. Nix took the neighboring lot, No. 320. The two houses were put up as a pair, probably early in 1847.
“John Combes, a partner in a Washington Market produce business with John Nix, acquired No. 318 in November 1846 for investment purposes.”
- 1847
318 State Street goes up about 1847 as a Greek Revival house among the first on its blockfront
No. 318 was built about 1847 as one of a pair with No. 320, in a style that was very popular for New York row houses in the 1830s and 1840s. The Commission judged that the two were among the first constructed on the blockfront. The painted brick front has three stories over a rusticated basement, a low-pedimented doorway and Doric pilasters.
- 1973
The Landmarks Preservation Commission designates the 318 State Street House a landmark
The house and its lot (Brooklyn tax block 176, lot 19) became a designated landmark on November 20, 1973, after a hearing on June 23, 1970, at which 26 witnesses spoke for preserving Boerum Hill and no one spoke against designating the State Street houses.
“Twenty-six witnesses spoke in favor of historic preservation in the Boerum Hill neighborhood…”
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