{"nrhp_refnum":"83001766","name":"Cornelia-Putnam Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Jefferson St., Putnam, Wyckoff, and Myrtle Aves.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Queens","state":"NY","lat":40.699043680000045,"lon":-73.90709344399994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-09-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district in Ridgewood, Queens, New York City, made up of 87 brick row houses and tenements along Cornelia Street and Putnam Avenue between Wyckoff and Myrtle Avenues, built between 1907 and 1922.","why_significant":"The district is an intact, cohesive neighborhood of row houses and tenements that reflect the development of working-class housing in Ridgewood in the early twentieth century. Its seven rows were built at different times but designed by the same architect firm for uniform setbacks, scale and materials. It retains a high level of integrity, including original pressed metal entablatures, double doors and ironwork.","narrative":"Cornelia Street and Putnam Avenue in Ridgewood, Queens, hold a small district of 87 brick buildings covering about six acres between Wyckoff and Myrtle Avenues. Two-story houses with an apartment on each floor and three-story tenements with two apartments per floor were built in separate rows between 1907 and 1922. Facades use yellow, amber or cream brick with brownstone or cast-stone trim, pressed metal cornices and elaborate ironwork, with Romanesque and Renaissance Revival details. Different builders hired the same architect, Louis Berger and Co., which produced consistent setbacks, scale and materials. Central buildings in each row sit back to form small gardens, while end buildings reach the lot line to define the row. The district was listed as a compact example of how Ridgewood's larger neighborhoods developed, and for its integrity: pressed metal entablatures, most original double doors and much ironwork survive. Only two 1960s houses disrupt the historic character.","period_of_significance":"1907-1922","architect_builder":"Louis Berger and Co. (architect)","architectural_style":"Applied Romanesque Revival and Renaissance Revival details","criteria":[],"status_note":"Most buildings remain unaltered; typical changes are new doors, stoops, ironwork and awnings. Two 1960s houses at 1652 and 1654 Cornelia St. are non-historic intrusions.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.503412-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/83001766.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001766/87f3c47996-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001766/87f3c47996-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"ALT55 - Victor M","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RIDGEWOOD-GLENDALE-FRESH_POND_022.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">ALT55 - Victor M</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:RIDGEWOOD-GLENDALE-FRESH_POND_022.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314430","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelia%E2%80%93Putnam_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5171143"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/queens/cornelia-putnam-historic-district-83001766/"}