COLLECTION NAME:
The Landmarks Preservation Commission Designation Photo Collection
Record
Landmark Name:
679 Lafayette Avenue House (Magnolia Grandiflora)
LP Number:
LP-00959
Landmark Type:
Individual Landmark
Designation Date:
7/12/1977
Image Type:
Designation Photos
Address:
679 Lafayette Avenue
BIN:
3340279
BBL:
3017850161
Borough:
Brooklyn
Block:
1785
Lot:
161
Architect or Builder:
Not determined
Date of Construction:
1880
Owner or Developer:
William & Henrietta Lemken
Style Primary:
neo-Grec
Material Primary:
Brownstone
Material Secondary:
Wood Cornice
Use Original:
Residential, single-family
Building Type:
Row House
Notes:
One of three late-19th-century row houses designated in part to protect a rare Magnolia Grandiflora tree, the subject of a preservation movement begun in the early 1950s by local resident Hattie Carthan.
File Name:
LP0959_004.tif
679 Lafayette Avenue House (Magnolia Grandiflora)
