{"nrhp_refnum":"100001801","name":"Lefferts Manor Historic District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Fenimore, Maple & Midwood Sts., Lincoln & Rutland Rds., Bedford Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brooklyn","county":"Brooklyn","state":"NY","lat":40.65722222,"lon":-73.95722222,"geom_source":"wikidata"},"listed_date":"2017-11-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district in the Flatbush area of Brooklyn, New York, built mainly between 1895 and 1925. It centers on the eight-block Lefferts Manor development and includes surrounding streets and three small separate areas.","why_significant":"The district is a largely intact middle-class neighborhood of rowhouses and freestanding houses by prominent Brooklyn architects, marking the southernmost extension of Brooklyn's brownstone neighborhoods. It was developed on the Lefferts family farm under restrictive covenants that set house size, setback, cost and materials and limited lots to one-family homes. Maple Street between Bedford and Rogers Avenues is cited as a fine example of a street shaped by the \"white city\" movement.","narrative":"Prospect Lefferts Gardens is a residential district at the northern edge of Brooklyn's Flatbush neighborhood, made up mostly of brick and stone rowhouses built between 1895 and 1925. It includes the eight-block Lefferts Manor development, laid out after James Lefferts divided his family farm into about 600 building lots in 1893. Restrictive covenants controlled the size, setback, cost and materials of houses and required one-family homes. Prominent Brooklyn architects such as Slee & Bryson, Axel Hedman and Benjamin Driesler designed the Romanesque Revival, neo-Renaissance, neo-Federal, Colonial Revival and neo-Tudor houses. Development came in three waves: about 160 houses from 1895 to 1899, 507 between 1905 and 1911, and 87 from 1915 to 1924. The district is the only substantial area of rowhouses in old Flatbush, and it contrasts with the apartment buildings around it. Maple Street between Bedford and Rogers Avenues is noted for its limestone rows under red tile roofs.","period_of_significance":"c.1895-c.1925","architect_builder":"Various (including Slee & Bryson, Axel Hedman, Benjamin Driesler, Frank S. Lowe, William A. Miller, Peter Collins, Caughy & Evans)","architectural_style":"Late Romanesque Revival, neo-Renaissance, neo-Federal, Colonial Revival, neo-Tudor, neo-Medieval","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied and in good to excellent condition; uses are mainly private residence, with some religious use. One 1939 apartment building at 150 Lefferts Avenue is called an intrusion.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.120292-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/83004872.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/100001801/fc32ae4ce2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/100001801/fc32ae4ce2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Elisa Rolle","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lefferts_Manor_Historic_District.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Elisa Rolle</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lefferts_Manor_Historic_District.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318431","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lefferts_Manor_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15242197"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/brooklyn/lefferts-manor-historic-district-boundary-increase-100001801/"}