Lefferts Manor Historic District
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Lefferts Manor Historic District is a national historic district
in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Flatbush, Brooklyn
, New York, New York
. It consists of 667 contributing buildings and one contributing site (the elaborate garden at 95 Maple) built between 1896 and 1935 on the subdivision established by James Lefferts in 1896. It consists entirely of one family residential buildings, most of which are stone, brick, or brick and stone rowhouses. The district also includes a number of free-standing frame and masonry residences and garages.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1992.
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 Prospect Lefferts Gardens, 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
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. It consists of 667 contributing buildings and one contributing site (the elaborate garden at 95 Maple) built between 1896 and 1935 on the subdivision established by James Lefferts in 1896. It consists entirely of one family residential buildings, most of which are stone, brick, or brick and stone rowhouses. The district also includes a number of free-standing frame and masonry residences and garages.
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 1992.