Detail View: The Landmarks Preservation Commission Designation Photo Collection: 679 Lafayette Avenue House (Magnolia Grandiflora)
|
Landmark Name:
|
679 Lafayette Avenue House (Magnolia Grandiflora)
|
|
LP Number:
|
LP-00959
|
|
Link to Designation Report:
|
|
|
Landmark Type:
|
Individual Landmark
|
|
Designation Date:
|
7/12/1977
|
|
Image Type:
|
Designation Photos
|
|
Image Date:
|
2/5/1970
|
|
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_1970-02-05_008.tif
|