Cypress Avenue East Historic District is a national historic district in Ridgewood, Queens, New York. It includes 247 contributing buildings built between 1900 and 1914. They consist mainly of three story tenements with two apartments per floor. They feature alternating facades of light and dark speckled brick.[2]
Cypress Avenue East Historic District | |
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| Location | Roughly bounded by Linden and Cornelia Sts., Seneca and St. Nicholas Aves., New York, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°42′6″N 73°54′31″W / 40.70167°N 73.90861°W |
| Area | 26 acres (11 ha) |
| Built | 1900 |
| Architect | Berger, Louis; Bauer & Stier |
| Architectural style | Mathews Flats |
| MPS | Ridgewood MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 83001767 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 30, 1983 |
The district boundaries were drawn to exclude commercial and frame construction buildings, and include the following addresses:[2]
- Linden Street
- 16-66 to 16-92
- 17-02 to 17-40
- Cypress Avenue
- 654, 664
- Gates Avenue
- 16-73 to 16-91
- 16-74 to 16-94
- 17-01 to 17-21
- 17-02 to 17-22
- Palmetto Street
- 16-63 to 16-83
- 17-01 to 17-21
- 17-02 to 17-22
- Woodbine Street
- 16-61 to 16-83
- 16-60/2? to 16-84
- 17-01 to 17-21
- 17-02 to 17-26
- Seneca Avenue
- 652 to 668
- 784 to 790
- 802 to 816
- Madison Street
- 17-01 to 17-25
- 17-10 to 17-28
- Cornelia Street
- 17-19 to 17-33
The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b Donald G. Presa (August 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Cypress Avenue East Historic District". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2011-02-01. See also: "Accompanying two photos". Archived from the original on 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
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