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Photoshoot Day for my newest listing at the oh so coveted and historic 29 King Street in Hudson Square. Located in a historic district bordering the West Village and SoHo, this 19th century former school house is filled with authentic charm. $2,750,000.
When Only The Best Will Do.
We posted images of the iconic Flatbush church several times. But this repost is about the parsonage, connected to that same Dutch church.
Repost • @landmarksofny
The Flatbush Dutch Reform Church is one of the oldest churches in New York and the oldest religious site in the city. There has been a church here since 1650, when the Director General of New Amsterdam, Peter Stuyvesant, called for its founding. To house the clergy, there were multiple parsonages built. This one was constructed in 1853 on Flatbush Avenue on the site of the original 1699 parsonage. It was moved to its current location on Kenmore Terrace in 1918 due to rising land values on the avenue, which must have been a sight to see. It was landmarked on January 9, 1979.
Due to its large German population, College Point was called “Little Heidelberg” in the mid-19th century. Herman A. Schleicher, who was born to Prussian parents in 1827, made a fortune as a wholesaler and a partner in a dry goods company. In 1856, he bought 14 acres in a College Point spot that had direct views of Long Island Sound, orchards, gardens, and a pond. He built a red brick mansion with Italianate and French Second Empire architecture, a Mansard roof, and a wrap-around cornice. Herman died in 1866, and his widow, Malvina, sold the property in 1870. A bit later, Germany-born John Jockers converted the house into the 11-room Grand View Hotel and Park with grass tennis courts and restaurant. The mansion transformed into a boarding house in the 1910s and an apartment building in 1923, but it got NYC Landmark status in 2009 as the Herman A. and Malvina Schleicher House at 11-41 123rd St. Today, it has seven units and no cornice.
(Photos: Queens Tourism Council, Queens Public Library, Poppenhusen Institute.)
Source: Historic Houses of Queens by Rob MacKay, Arcadia Publishing, 2021
It couldn’t have been a more wonderful day 💚
Thank you to everyone who came out for the grand opening of the Green-House. Here’s to continuing the celebration tomorrow!
And here’s to a happy 188th birthday to Green-Wood, here’s to all that’s to come.
Photo by @landmarksofny
Have you ever seen such a whimsical house?!
Willis Bristol House // 1845 //
The Willis Bristol House on Chapel Street in the Wooster Square neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut, is one of the finest and most architecturally distinctive residences in New England.
Built in 1845 for Willis Bristol (1804-1875), a partner in the shoe manufacturer of Bristol & Hall, the home was designed by Connecticut architect, Henry Austin, who designed many of the other great mansions in Wooster Square around this period. The Bristol House is Italianate in style with Exotic Revival detailing which has often been described as Moorish Revival, but it is actually more Indian Revival, an extreme rarity in 19th century New England. It is believed that Henry Austin was influenced by an illustration of columns and capitals at the Ellora Caves in India published by Henry Repton in Designs for the Pavilion at Brighton (1808) and through this worked picked up a fascination with Indian architecture that was to influence his designs in the mid-19th century.
Many of Austin’s designs in Wooster Square feature these Indianesque columns on their porches. The Willis Bristol House remained in the family until 1876 and was subsequently used as a congregation house, school, beauty parlor, and presently as apartments.
The owners should be commended for preserving and protecting this ornate and unique residence for all to enjoy.
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Red Jacket Coming Soon.
If an iconic view is high on your wish list, look no further. Launching soon, this luxury residence looks south down Fifth Avenue over Central Park, along with the front yard of the Frick Mansion.
When Only The Best Will Do.
New Yorker by Lotte Hotels
The New Yorker Hotel build in 1929 is famous for its iconic Art Deco architecture. Its distinctive red sign and tower are a major part of the midtown skyline. It gained status as a popular Jazz Age landmark, had its own power plant, hosted legendary figures like Nikolas Tesla (contributor to electricity’s alternating current), the Kennedy’s and Joan Crawford, and is a backdrop for pop culture.
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New Yorker by Lotte Hotels
The New Yorker Hotel build in 1929 is famous for its iconic Art Deco architecture. Its distinctive red sign and tower are a major part of the midtown skyline. It gained status as a popular Jazz Age landmark, had its own power plant, hosted legendary figures like Nikolas Tesla (contributor to electricity’s alternating current), the Kennedy’s and Joan Crawford, and is a backdrop for pop culture.
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