Building 92 (Brooklyn Navy Yard Center)

92 Brooklyn Navy Yard | also 652 Kent Avenue | Brooklyn Navy Yard | built 1958

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

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1857
Thomas Walter designs a house for the Navy Yard's Marine Commandant
Building 92 was put up in 1857 as the residence of the Marine Commandant at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Its designer was Thomas Walter, who served as the fourth architect of the U.S. Capitol. The house sits beside the yard, which the Navy ran from 1801 until 1966.
Source: theclio.com
2011
The neglected house is restored and opens as a museum of Navy Yard history
After years of neglect, the old residence was restored and a museum honoring the Navy Yard's memory opened there in 2011. Instead of demolishing the building, the architects kept its shell by reinforcing the brick walls, then added a four-story building onto the original. The addition provides classrooms, meeting rooms, an employment center and further space to lease.
Source: theclio.com

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