Madison-Putnam-60th Place Historic District
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Madison-Putnam-60th Place Historic District is a national historic district
in Ridgewood, Queens
, New York
. It includes 145 contributing buildings built between 1900 and 1920. They consist mainly of brick two story row houses
with one apartment per floor and three story tenements with two apartments per floor. They feature brick facades and Romanesque Revival
style detailing. Also included in the district is the Old Queens Labor Lyceum.
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 Ridgewood, Queens
Ridgewood, Queens
Ridgewood is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. It borders the neighborhoods of Maspeth, Middle Village and Glendale, as well as the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bushwick. Historically, the neighborhood straddled the Queens-Brooklyn boundary. The neighborhood is part of Queens...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. It includes 145 contributing buildings built between 1900 and 1920. They consist mainly of brick two story row houses
Terraced house
In architecture and city planning, a terrace house, terrace, row house, linked house or townhouse is a style of medium-density housing that originated in Great Britain in the late 17th century, where a row of identical or mirror-image houses share side walls...
with one apartment per floor and three story tenements with two apartments per floor. They feature brick facades and Romanesque Revival
Romanesque Revival architecture
Romanesque Revival is a style of building employed beginning in the mid 19th century inspired by the 11th and 12th century Romanesque architecture...
style detailing. Also included in the district is the Old Queens Labor Lyceum.
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.