{"nrhp_refnum":"80002640","name":"State Street Houses","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"291-299, 290-324 State St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Brooklyn","state":"NY","lat":40.68878569000003,"lon":-73.98744038599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-01-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of twenty-three row houses on both sides of State Street between Hoyt and Smith Streets in downtown Brooklyn, New York, built between 1847 and the mid-1870s.","why_significant":"The houses form a coherent streetscape of brick and brownstone facades with Greek Revival and Italianate detailing. They represent the middle-class row houses once common in the New York area and survive amid an area that has become largely commercial. The north side row of five was built in 1871-72 by local builder Michael Murray.","narrative":"Twenty-three row houses line State Street between Hoyt and Smith Streets in downtown Brooklyn, forming a continuous streetscape of brick and brownstone. Eighteen stand on the south side, built from 1847 to the mid-1870s, with Greek Revival and Italianate details; the earliest eight, from 1847-48, show the strongest Greek Revival character. The five on the north side, Nos. 291-299, were built as a nearly identical group in a late Italianate style by local builder Michael Murray, who bought the land from William Schermerhorn. The houses were built for merchants and professionals, many working near Wall Street or the Fulton Street ferry, in the Boerum Hill area. Most keep their original cast-iron stoop and areaway railings. Surrounded by commercial buildings and parking lots, the block remains residential. It was listed as a reminder of the many substantial middle-class row houses that once filled the area, and for the coherence of its facades.","period_of_significance":"1847 - c. 1875","architect_builder":"Various; north side houses (Nos. 291-299) erected by Michael Murray, a local builder","architectural_style":"Greek Revival and Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"Generally in good condition and all still in use as residences; few major exterior changes, though new windows, window grilles, painting and stucco over stone have been added.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.412802-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/80002640.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002640/8fd0c96cd1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002640/8fd0c96cd1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Beyond My Ken","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:291_-_299_State_Street_Brooklyn.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Beyond My Ken</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:291_-_299_State_Street_Brooklyn.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318531","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Street_Houses","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7603556"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/brooklyn/state-street-houses-80002640/"}