NEW YORK LANDMARKS PRESERVATION FOUNDATION ALBEMARLE-KENMORE TERRACES HISTORIC DISTRICT THE CHARMING RESIDENTIAL COURTS IN THIS DISTRICT WERE A SIGN OF THINGS TO COME WHEN THEY WERE BUILT...
IN THIS HOUSE IN JANUARY 1850 WAS BORN JENNIE JEROME LATER LADY RANDOLPH CHURCHILLSHE WAS THE MOTHER OF THE RT. HON. WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL PRIME MINISTER OF GREAT BRITAINANDSTAUNCH FRIEND OF...
The English Garden on Degraw Street, also known as The Secret Garden, was started by Christopher Adlington and Nat LaMar in 1973, and designed and tended by Mr. Adlington until his death June...
In tribute to Nicolo & Salvatrice Guzzone 1992 Submitted by @lampbane
BODIE FAIRFAX KOFFMAN He loved the light in the trees and the wind in his hair Submitted by @lampbane
Settled by Dutch farmers in the 1640's, the rural character of Cobble Hill began to change after 1836, when the Atlantic Avenue Ferry to Manhattan went into operation. The earliest buildings...
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF CORNELIUS HEENEY FOUNDER OF THE BROOKLYN BENEVOLENT SOCIETY IN 1845 DIED MAY 6, 1848, ERECTED BY THE TRUSTEES MARK HAYES, PRESIDENT EDWARD J. BREENPAUL W. FRESEARTHUR J....
IN COMMEMORATION OF 100 YEARS 1888 - 1988 Submitted by @lampbane
NEAR THIS PLACE DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR STOOD THE PONKIESBERG FORTIFICATION FROM WHICH GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON IS SAID TO HAVE OBSERVED THE FIGHTING AT GOWANUS DURING THE BATTLE OF...
NEW YORK LANDMARKS PRESERVATION FOUNDATION COBBLE HILL HISTORIC DISTRICT COBBLE HILL IS AN EXCEPTIONALLY RICH DISTRICT, BOTH HISTORICALLY AND ARCHITECTURALLY. JENNIE JEROME, THE MOTHER OF WINSTON...
WARD-BELMONT COLLEGE 1913-1951 In 1913, Belmont College (est. 1890) and Ward’s Seminary (est. 1865) merged to form Ward-Belmont College, a women’s junior college, preparatory school, and music...