Brooklyn Historical Society Building

Infobox nrhp
name = Brooklyn Historical Society Building
nrhp_type = nhl
locmapin=New York


caption =
location = 128 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn Heights, NY
lat_degrees = 40 | lat_minutes = 41 | lat_seconds = 41.14 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 73 | long_minutes = 59 | long_seconds = 34.06 | long_direction = W
area =
built = 1881
architect = George B. Post
architecture= Queen Anne
designated = July 17, 1991 cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2119&ResourceType=Building
title=Brooklyn Historical Society Building|date=2007-09-11|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = July 17, 1991 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
visitation_num =
visitation_year =
refnum = 91002054
mpsub =
governing_body = Brooklyn Historical Society

The Brooklyn Historical Society Building is a National Historic Landmark building at 128 Pierrepont Street in Brooklyn Heights Historic District. It was designed by George B. Post and constructed in 1881 for what was then named the Long Island Historical Society, which became the Brooklyn Historical Society in 1985.

Its National Historic Landmark designation was obtained in 1991.,cite web|url=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/91002054.pdf "Brooklyn Historical Society Building", December 10, 1990, by Carolyn Pitts] |341 KB|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration|date=19839|publisher=National Park Service] ,cite web|url=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/91002054.pdf Brooklyn Historical Society Building--Accompanying 7 photos, exterior and interior, undated.] |1.99 MB|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination|date=1983|publisher=National Park Service]

The building underwent a major, multi-year restoration that began in 1999.

References

External links

* http://www.brooklynhistory.org/about/landmark.html The Landmark Building, at Brooklyn Historical Society
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9807E6D81E3EF932A25751C0A9679C8B63 "Streetscapes/About Brooklyn Historical Society; An 1881 Landmark in Red Brick and Terra Cotta" by Christopher Gray, New York Times, 2/11/2001] (downloaded 8/27/2007)