{"nrhp_refnum":"83001693","name":"Lincoln Club","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"65 Putnam Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Brooklyn","state":"NY","lat":40.68322058500007,"lon":-73.95930137699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-01-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story Queen Anne style clubhouse at 65 Putnam Avenue in the Clinton Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn, designed in 1889 by architect Rudolph L. Daus for the Lincoln Club of Brooklyn.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an outstanding and highly sophisticated example of Queen Anne design in New York City, shown in its asymmetrical massing, contrasting textures and ornate terra-cotta detail. It is one of a number of large clubhouses built in Brooklyn in the late nineteenth century and one of the few to retain its architectural integrity.","narrative":"This four-story clubhouse at 65 Putnam Avenue in Brooklyn's Clinton Hill neighborhood was built in 1889 for the Lincoln Club, a social club founded in 1878 by men from the area. The club had bought two frame houses in 1883 and added a masonry extension in 1886, but the space proved inadequate, so architect Rudolph L. Daus drew plans for a new building that replaced the houses and kept the extension at the rear. Faced in Roman brick over a base of rock-faced brownstone, the facade includes a two-story oriel, an ornate terra-cotta gable, a round tower with a conical roof and a mansard roof with dormers. It is regarded as one of the most sophisticated Queen Anne buildings in New York City and one of few Brooklyn clubhouses of its era to keep its architectural integrity. Alterations have been minor. Since 1957 it has been owned by a fraternal organization.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific dates 1886, 1889)","architect_builder":"Rudolph L. Daus","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied and in good condition; exterior alterations are minor and the interior has been modernized, though the stairway, stairhall and a large fireplace remain. Now used as a club by a fraternal organization.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.508579-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/83001693.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001693/146c3e8644-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001693/146c3e8644-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Jim.henderson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lincoln_Club_Mechanics_Temple_jeh.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim.henderson</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lincoln_Club_Mechanics_Temple_jeh.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318435","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Club","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14706788"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/brooklyn/lincoln-club-83001693/"}