FILLMORE PLACE HISTORIC DISTRICT

FILLMORE PLACE HISTORIC DISTRICT

Designation Report

New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission May 12, 2009

Cover: 28-10 Fillmore Place (left) and 15-23 Fillmore Place (right). (Christopher D. Brazee, 2008)

Fillmore Place Historic District

Designation Report

Prepared by Christopher D. Brazee

Edited by Mary Beth Betts, Director of Research

Photographs by Christopher D. Brazee Map by Jennifer L. Most

Commissioners Robert B. Tierney, Chair Pablo Vengoechea, Vice-Chair

Frederick Bland Stephen F. Byrns Diana Chapin Joan Gerner Roberta Brandes Gratz

Christopher Moore Margery Perlmutter Elizabeth Ryan Roberta Washionton

Kate Daly, Executive Director Mark Silberman, Counsel

Sarah Carroll, Director of Preservation

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FILLMORE PLACE HISTORIC DISTRICT MAP............................................ FACING PAGE 1

TESTIMONY AT THE PUBLIC HEARING ................................................................................ 1

FILLMORE PLACE HISTORIC DISTRICT BOUNDARIES...................................................... 1

Early History and Development of Williamsburg ...................................................................... 4 Clock & Miller and the Development of Fillmore Place............................................................ 7 Architecture of the Fillmore Place Historic District ................................................................. 10 Subsequent History ................................................................................................................... 12

FINDINGS AND DESIGNATION .............................................................................................. 15

BUILDING PROFILES................................................................................................................ 17 Driggs Ave, Nos. 662-676 (West Side, Between North 1st St and Metropolitan Ave) ............ 17 Driggs Ave, No. 667 (East Side, Between Fillmore Pl and Metropolitan Ave) ....................... 24 Driggs Ave, Nos. 673-675 (East Side, Between Grand St and Fillmore Pl) ............................ 26 Fillmore Pl, Nos. 1-23 (North Side, Between Driggs Ave and Roebling St) ........................... 29 Fillmore Pl, Nos. 2-32 (South Side, Between Driggs Ave and Roebling St) ........................... 40 North 1st St, No. 187 (North Side, between Bedford Ave and Driggs Ave)............................. 55 Roebling St, No. 168 (West Side, Between Grand St and Fillmore Pl) ................................... 56

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