Brooklyn City Hall, 209 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY
Summary
Significance: Brooklyn City Hall is one of New York's finest Greek Revival buildings. Exemplifying all the hallmarks of the style with its bilateral symmetry, classical temple form with portico, trabeated windows and doors, and spare, simple ornamentation, it is outstanding for its beautiful proportions. The oldest public building in Brooklyn, it has been the home of the seat of government in the borough since 1848
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-320
Survey number: HABS NY-6260
Building/structure dates: 1849 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
King, Gamaliel
Haynes, Stephen
Location
South Brooklyn, 40.69279, -73.99173
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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