National Register of Historic Places

Carroll Gardens Historic District

New York, Kings County, New York
Listed
September 25, 1983
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
83001687

About this property

The Carroll Gardens Historic District is a small municipal and national historic district located in the Carroll Gardens neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. The national district consists of 134 contributing residential rowhouses built between the 1860s and 1880s. They are two- and three-story brownstone buildings in the neo-Grec and late Italianate styles located in a rectangle bounded by Carroll, President, Smith, and Hoyt Streets. They feature uniform setbacks, even cornice lines and stoop levels, and fenced front yards and landscaped gardens. These were the result of surveyor Richard Butt, who in 1846 planned gardens in front of the brownstone houses in the oldest section of the neighborhood. The homes are set farther back from the street than is common in Brooklyn, and the large gardens became an iconic depiction of the neighborhood. All the houses in the district, which is afforded a degree of privacy by the street pattern that discourages through traffic on Carroll and President Streets, were built between 1869 and 1884. The district was designated a New York City landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1973, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

Location

New York, Kings County, New York
40.68018, -73.98867

Categories

COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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When was Carroll Gardens Historic District listed on the National Register?

Carroll Gardens Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 25, 1983.

What type of historic resource is Carroll Gardens Historic District?

Carroll Gardens Historic District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Carroll Gardens Historic District?

The period of significance for Carroll Gardens Historic District is recorded as the listed era.

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