Willoughby-Suydam Historic District
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Willoughby-Suydam Historic District is a national historic district
in Brooklyn
, New York, New York
. It consists of 50 contributing residential buildings built between 1902 and 1904. They are three story brick tenements that have two apartment
s per floor. Some feature yellow and white terra cotta
detailing.
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 Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
, New York, New York
New York City
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. It consists of 50 contributing residential buildings built between 1902 and 1904. They are three story brick tenements that have two apartment
Apartment
An apartment or flat is a self-contained housing unit that occupies only part of a building...
s per floor. Some feature yellow and white terra cotta
Terra cotta
Terracotta, Terra cotta or Terra-cotta is a clay-based unglazed ceramic, although the term can also be applied to glazed ceramics where the fired body is porous and red in color...
detailing.
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.