Historic Properties Fund Highlights of 2010
Historic Properties Fund Highlights of 2010
90 Park Place in Brooklyn
Historic Properties Fund Highlights of 2010
658 East 18th Street, Fiske Terrace in the Midwood Park Historic District, Brooklyn
Historic Properties Fund Highlights of 2010
38 Downing Street in the Clinton Hill Historic District, Brooklyn
Historic Properties Fund Highlights of 2010
38 Downing Street in the Clinton Hill Historic District, Brooklyn
Historic Properties Fund Highlights of 2010
1251 Dean Street in the Crown Heights North Historic District, BrooklynThe Historic Properties Fund was involved with several exciting projects in 2010. Among the most notable were 658 East 18th Street, 38 Downing Street, 1251 Dean Street, 90 Park Place in Brooklyn; and 35-45 78th Street, Hampton Court in Queens.
Here are some highlights of what our loans were able to achieve:
The two–story detached Italianate former stable, now used as a residence, at 90 Park Place in the Park Slope Historic District, Brooklyn needed a new side wall built and a new interior access stair, which were completed by Cutsogeorge Tooman & Allen Architects and Burda Construction Corp., as contractor. 2011 should mark the last stage of the restoration: new hayloft doors.
“90 Park Place is an adorable building, and the new hayloft doors will make a spectacular addition,” said Ashley J. Hahn, Program Coordinator at Historic Properties Fund. “We will all be very pleased when they are installed.”
658 East 18th Street, Fiske Terrace in the Midwood Park Historic District, Brooklyn was built in 1906 in the Colonial style. It is one of several in Midwood Park designed by architect Benjamin Driesler and built by developer John R. Corbin. The building is characterized by a wrap-around porch with “Tuscan Columns,” projecting bays and a double gable roofline.
The porch restoration financed by the Fund was completed by Kaitsen Woo Architect and Burda Construction Corp.
Brownstone façade restoration and a new entry were completed at 38 Downing Street in the Clinton Hill Historic District, Brooklyn. The building is one of a group of six three-story neo-Grec brownstones built by architect/builder Lambert and Mason in 1877. Caroline Schweyer was the Project Architect, Progeny Restoration Corp. carried out the brownstone restoration work, and Artistic Wood Crafts fabricated a fabulous new wood door to match the original that was lost long ago.
1251 Dean Street in the Crown Heights North Historic District, Brooklyn is one of a group of five Romanesque Revival style row houses built in 1892, when improvements in public transportation hastened the construction of hundreds of buildings in Crown Heights. The pentad was designed by Albert E. White and built by John A. Bliss. Kaitsen Woo served as the Project Architect for the stoop and areaway restoration, with Burda Construction Corp. once again performing the work.
35-45 78th Street is one of 11 buildings that make up Hampton Court, one of the first cooperative housing ventures in the country, in the Jackson Heights Historic District, Queens. The complex was built in 1919-1921 and designed in the Neo-Georgian style by George H. Wells. A Fund loan financed a new parapet, cornice, and roof by contractor Artisan Restoration Group, following plans and specifications prepared by Project Architect, Kaitsen Woo.
