StoothoffâBaxterâKouwenhaven House | |
StoothoffâBaxterâKouwenhaven House, May 2009 | |
Location | 1640 E. 48th St., Brooklyn, New York |
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Coordinates | 40°37â˛12âłN 73°55â˛44âłW / 40.62000°N 73.92889°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1747 |
Architectural style | Colonial |
NRHP reference No. | 82001184 [1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | November 14, 1982 |
Designated NYCL | March 23, 1976 |
StoothoffâBaxterâKouwenhaven House is a historic home located in Flatlands, Brooklyn, New York City. It is currently located at 1640 East 48th Street in Brooklyn. [2]
The original section was built in 1747 and the larger main portion dates to 1811. A kitchen wing was added in 1880. It is one and one half stories with steeply pitched gable roofs, curved projecting eaves, and end chimneys. The main entrance features a Dutch door. [3] It was relocated in approximately 1900 to align with the new street grid. [4]
One source states that the house "has actually been moved twice, probably by horse-drawn wagons. John Baxter describes the 1811 move in his diary". [5]
The house was designated as a New York City Landmark in 1976, [6] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]
The house is named after a series of families who lived in it, from the time of its construction up until the 1920s. [7] Its initial construction is believed to have been completed by an ancestor of Garret Stoothoff. [8] The addition in 1811 was constructed by John Baxter, who married Garret Stoothoff's daughter [8] and inherited the home in 1796. [4] Baxter's ghost is rumoured to haunt the house. [9] William Kouwenhoven married Abigail Baxter, daughter of John, and the house passed into that family's name. [8]
StoothoffâBaxterâKouwenhaven House | |
StoothoffâBaxterâKouwenhaven House, May 2009 | |
Location | 1640 E. 48th St., Brooklyn, New York |
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Coordinates | 40°37â˛12âłN 73°55â˛44âłW / 40.62000°N 73.92889°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1747 |
Architectural style | Colonial |
NRHP reference No. | 82001184 [1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | November 14, 1982 |
Designated NYCL | March 23, 1976 |
StoothoffâBaxterâKouwenhaven House is a historic home located in Flatlands, Brooklyn, New York City. It is currently located at 1640 East 48th Street in Brooklyn. [2]
The original section was built in 1747 and the larger main portion dates to 1811. A kitchen wing was added in 1880. It is one and one half stories with steeply pitched gable roofs, curved projecting eaves, and end chimneys. The main entrance features a Dutch door. [3] It was relocated in approximately 1900 to align with the new street grid. [4]
One source states that the house "has actually been moved twice, probably by horse-drawn wagons. John Baxter describes the 1811 move in his diary". [5]
The house was designated as a New York City Landmark in 1976, [6] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]
The house is named after a series of families who lived in it, from the time of its construction up until the 1920s. [7] Its initial construction is believed to have been completed by an ancestor of Garret Stoothoff. [8] The addition in 1811 was constructed by John Baxter, who married Garret Stoothoff's daughter [8] and inherited the home in 1796. [4] Baxter's ghost is rumoured to haunt the house. [9] William Kouwenhoven married Abigail Baxter, daughter of John, and the house passed into that family's name. [8]