Albemarle-Kenmore Terraces Historic District

Albemarle-Kenmore Terraces Historic District
top: Albemarle Terrace, south side (September 2012)
bottom: Kenmore Terrace, south side (August 2013)
Location Albemarle Terr. & Kenmore Terr. at E. 21st St.
Brooklyn, New York City
Coordinates: 40°39′3″N 73°57′33″W / 40.65083°N 73.95917°W / 40.65083; -73.95917
Area 2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built 1916-20
Architect Slee & Bryson
Architectural style Albemarle: Colonial Revival[1]
Kenmore: English Arts & Crafts[2]
NRHP Reference # 83001685[3]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP June 30, 1983
Designated NYCL July 11, 1978

The Albemarle-Kenmore Terraces Historic District is a small historic district located in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. It consists of two short cul-de-sacs, Albemerle Terrace and Kenmore Terrace, off of East 21st Street, and the 32 houses on the two streets.[4]

All the houses were designed by the local firm of Slee & Bryson, but differ in style between the two streets. The houses on Albermarle Terrace, built between 1916 and 1917, are Colonial Revival[1] two and one-half- or three-story brick buildings located on courts and raised above street level behind terraces or front gardens.[5] On Kenmore Terrace, three of the houses are also in the Colonial Revival style, one of which was built in 1918 and other two in 1919-20,[6] but the remaining six on the south side of the street show the influence of the Garden city movement,[6] and were designed in the English Arts and Crafts style.[2] These Kenmore cottages were built in 1918-19,[6] and presage the automobile-based look of many suburbs built in the decades to come, as each house has a driveway leading to a private garage.[1]

Also located on Kenmore, but not part of the historic district, is the parsonage of the Flatbush Reformed Dutch Church, a two and one-half-story wood-frame house designed in a vernacular style transitional between the Greek Revival and Italianate styles,[7] which was built in 1853 and moved to its present location in 1918.

The historic district was designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1978,[1] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[3]

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  1. 1 2 3 4 New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; Postal, Matthew A. (ed. and text); Dolkart, Andrew S. (text). (2009) Guide to New York City Landmarks (4th ed.) New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-28963-1, p.263
  2. 1 2 White, Norval & Willensky, Elliot with Leadon, Fran (2010). AIA Guide to New York City (5th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195383867., p.713
  3. 1 2 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  4. ↑ New York City Geographic Information System map
  5. ↑ Anne B. Covell (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Registration:Albemarle-Kenmore Terraces Historic District". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-03-06. See also: "Accompanying six photos".
  6. 1 2 3 New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission "Albermarle-Kenmore Terraces Historic District Designation Report" (July 11, 1978)
  7. ↑ New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; Postal, Matthew A. (ed. and text); Dolkart, Andrew S. (text). (2009) Guide to New York City Landmarks (4th ed.) New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-28963-1, p.285

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