Old Brooklyn Heights : New York's first suburb : including detailed analyses of 619 century-old houses / by Clay Lancaster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lancaster, Clay.

Contributor:

Gillon, Edmund Vincent.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture, Domestic--New York (State)--New York.

Architecture, Domestic.

New York (State)--New York.

Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.).

Physical Description:

xxxii, 223 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

Second edition, with a supplement of new photographs / by Edmund V. Gillon, Jr.

Place of Publication:

New York : Dover Publications, 1979.

Summary:

For over 150 years, Brooklyn Heights has been one of New York's most charming, accessible and fashionable residential areas. This volume is a comprehensive, street-by-street guide to the historic houses, churches, and public buildings of the district. Nearly 90 illustrations--photographs, prints, and drawings--document the Victorian-era charm of the neighborhood, officially designated New York's first historic district.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages [216]-218.

ISBN:

0486238725

OCLC:

6385006