Albemarle-Kenmore Terraces Historic District
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Albemarle-Kenmore Terraces Historic District is a national historic district
in Flatbush, Brooklyn
, New York, New York
. It consists of 32 contributing residential buildings built between 1916 and 1920 in a neo-Federal
style. They are two and one half or three story brick buildings located on courts and raised above street level behind terraces or front gardens.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1983.
Historic district (United States)
In the United States, a historic district is a group of buildings, properties, or sites that have been designated by one of several entities on different levels as historically or architecturally significant. Buildings, structures, objects and sites within a historic district are normally divided...
in Flatbush, Brooklyn
Flatbush, Brooklyn
Flatbush is a community of the Borough of Brooklyn, a part of New York City, consisting of several neighborhoods.The name Flatbush is an Anglicization of the Dutch language Vlacke bos ....
, New York, New York
New York City
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. It consists of 32 contributing residential buildings built between 1916 and 1920 in a neo-Federal
Federal architecture
Federal-style architecture is the name for the classicizing architecture built in the United States between c. 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815. This style shares its name with its era, the Federal Period. The name Federal style is also used in association with furniture design...
style. They are two and one half or three story brick buildings located on courts and raised above street level behind terraces or front gardens.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1983.