Brooklyn Heights Historic District / Brooklyn Historical Society

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS HISTORIC DISTRICT HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK

THIS SITE POSSESSES NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE IN COMMEMORATING THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

1965 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

THE BROOKLYN HISTORICAL SOCIETY
NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK

THIS SITE POSSESSES NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE IN COMMEMORATING THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DESIGNED BY ARCHITECT GEORGE B. POST AND OPENED IN 1881, THIS MUSEUM AND LIBRARY STRUCTURE FEATURES AN INNOVATIVE TRUSS SUSPENSION SYSTEM, PIONEERING USE OF ELABORATE TERRA COTTA ORNAMENT, AND INTERIOR DETAILS OF HAND CARVED WOODWORK, CUSTOM BRONZE HARDWARE. STAINED GLASS, AND MINTON TILE FLOORS.

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
DESIGNATED 1991

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