582-586 Bushwick Avenue
Between Arion Place and Melrose Street
Block 3150, Lot 28, 29, 30
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| 582-586 Bushwick Avenue (2011). Credit: Heather Hartshorn. |
Year Built: 1886
Building Type: Tenement
Architect: George Hillenbrand
Builder: Unknown
Original Owner: Henry Huether
Proposed District: N/A
History and Analysis
These three 25′ x 56′ tenements were built 34′ high with frame construction, stone foundation walls on earth and brick upper walls coped with bluestone. The cornices are wood with a flat “tin” roof. Each was constructed to house a store and two families on the first floor, and two families each on the second and third floors. In 1947, 584 Bushwick Avenue had a restaurant on the first floor along with one family on the second floor and two on the third. Sarah Fee owned 582 Bushwick Avenue until her death in 1947.[1]
These three three-story brick tenements retain their original metal cornices and stone lintels. However, the windows have been replaced and the storefronts have been heavily altered.
Location
References
- ^ Buildings Folder (Block 3150 Lots 28, 29, 30), Department of Buildings, Brooklyn, NY.
G.W. Bromley & Co., Atlas of the Entire City of Brooklyn, Complete in One Volume. Plate 29: Part of Wards 18, 21, 23 & 25. City of Brooklyn. (1880)
Robinson, Robinson’s Atlas of the City of Brooklyn, New York. Plate 18: Part of Wards 18 & 21. Brooklyn, N.Y. (1886)