The Cobble Hill Historic District is a municipal and national

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located in the Cobble Hill neighborhood of

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. The national district consists of 796 contributing, largely residential buildings built between the 1830s and 1920s. It includes fine examples of

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, and Queen Anne style row houses. Also in the district are a number of notable churches, including ones by

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(Christ Church, 1841–42) and

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(St. Francis Cabrini Chapel, originally Strong Place Baptist Church), 1851–52). A number of early 20th century

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s are part of the district as well. ''See also:'' The Cobble Hill Historic District was first designated a

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by the

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in 1969., pp236-37 It was then listed on the

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in 1976. The city extended the district in 1988.

Gallery

File:33 & 35 Strong Place Brooklyn.jpg, 33 & 35 Strong Place between Degraw and Kane Streets, part of a set of seven Queen Anne rowhouses (1891) File:Old Paul RCC Court Congress NE morn sun jeh.jpg, Old St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church by

Gamaliel King Gamaliel King (Shelter Island, New York, 1 December 1795 — 6 December 1875) was an American architect who practiced in New York City and the adjacent city of Brooklyn, where he was a major figure in Brooklyn civic and ecclesiastical architect ...

(1838, with later additions) File:Kane Street synagogue exterior.jpg, Congregation Baith Israel Anshei Emes, the oldest Jewish congregation in Brooklyn, built as Middle Dutch Reformed Church (1855–56) File:South Brooklyn Seventh-Day Adventist Trinity German Lutheran.jpg, The South Brooklyn Seventh-Day Adventist Church by Theobald Engelhardt, built as the Trinity German Lutheran Church (1905) File:Warren Place snow jeh.jpg, " Workingman's Cottages" built by

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Alfred Tredway White Alfred Tredway White (May 28, 1846 – January 29, 1921) was an American housing reformer and philanthropist, and was known as "Brooklyn's first citizen." He developed the Home Buildings (1877), Tower Buildings (1879, now Cobble Hill Towers) a ...

as low-cost housing (1876) File:Christ Church & Holy Family Church Brooklyn from Kane Street.jpg, Christ Church and Holy Family Episcopal Church by

(1841–42) File:St. Francis Cabrini Chapel Strong Place Baptist.jpg, Strong Place Baptist Church by

, later St. Francis Cabrini Roman Catholic Chapel, now apartments (1851–52)

References

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{{National Register of Historic Places in New York Cobble Hill, Brooklyn Greek Revival architecture in New York City Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Brooklyn Italianate architecture in New York City New York City designated historic districts New York City Designated Landmarks in Brooklyn Queen Anne architecture in New York City