Clinton Hill Historic District
CLINTON AVENUE IS A GRAND TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY BOULEVARD WHICH HAS REMAINED RELATIVELY INTACT. WHEN IT WAS DEVELOPED, THE AVENUE WAS DISTINGUISHED BY FIVE MANSIONS OF THE PRATT FAMILY, FOUR OF THEM BUILT AS WEDDING PRESENTS FOR THE SONS OF CHARLES PRATT, THE FIRST REFINER OF KEROSENE OIL AND PARTNER OF JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER. THREE OF THE MANSIONS STILL STAND AT 229, 241, AND 245 CLINTON AVENUE, OPPOSITE THE PATERNAL PRATT HOME AT 232. ALONG WITH EARLIER BUILDINGS IN ITALIANATE AND FRENCH SECOND EMPIRE STYLES, AS WELL AS COMPLEMENTARY CARRIAGE HOUSES AND CHURCHES, CLINTON HILL IS REPRESENTATIVE OF AN UPPER-CLASS URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD AND STREETSCAPE OF ITS DAY.