Browncroft Historic District

	Browncroft Historic District
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
	One of the historic street signposts at the corner of Ramsey Park and Corwin Road
Location	Roughly bounded by Browncroft Blvd., Newcastle, Blossom, and Winton Rds., Rochester, New York
Area	116 acres (47 ha)
Built	1914 - 1933
Architect	Browncroft Realty Corp. (landscape), Gordon & Kaelber, et al. (homes)
Architectural style	Prairie Style, Tudor revival, Georgian revival, Colonial revival
NRHP reference No.	04000346
Added to NRHP	April 20, 2004

The Browncroft Historic District is a national historic district located in the Browncroft Neighborhood of Rochester, New York. The district contains 518 contributing buildings, two contributing sites, two contributing objects, and two contributing structures over 116 acres.^[1] It includes 417 residential properties constructed between 1914 and World War II.^[2]^[3]

The neighborhood's original developer, Charles J. Brown, former president of the National Nurserymen's Association, gave it its name. It was declared a National Historic District and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.^[1]^[4] The district is "recognized for the architectural integrity of the homes, a landscape design that features uniform plantings of flowering shrubs and shade trees, and its role in the development of Rochester."^[4]

Description

The historic district includes only certain designated properties located in a subsection of the neighborhood approximately circumscribed by Browncroft Boulevard on the North, Newcastle Road on the east, Blossom Road on the south, and Winton Road on the west.

Unofficial landmarks within the historic district include:

Two of the development's original wrought iron street signposts (Located at the corner of Ramsey Park and Corwin Road (43°09′21″N 77°32′53″W / 43.155960°N 77.548040°W / 43.155960; -77.548040) and at the corner of Windemere and Newcastle Roads (43°09′19″N 77°32′31″W / 43.155360°N 77.541980°W / 43.155360; -77.541980)).
The house at 273 Dorchester Road (43°09′15″N 77°32′34″W / 43.154210°N 77.542730°W / 43.154210; -77.542730) which contains columns from the original nursery office before its demolition.
The house at 540 North Winton Road (43°09′21″N 77°32′57″W / 43.15577°N 77.54910°W / 43.15577; -77.54910), the original farmhouse of Steven M. Corwin,^[5] which later served as Brown's home.

Gallery

The Steven M. Corwin Home at 540 North Winton Road
10, 22 and 30 Ramsey Park
40 Ramsey Park
60 Ramsey Park
76-80 Ramsey Park

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Browncroft Neighborhood Association. "Browncroft Historic District". Rochester, New York. Retrieved 2009-04-28.
^ Robert T. Englert (September 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Browncroft Historic District". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-05-14. See also: "Accompanying 40 photos".
^ ^a ^b "Browncroft earns place on historic register", Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, New York, pp. 1B, 2004-05-04, ISSN 1088-5153, OCLC 5757784
^ Peck, William F. (1908), History of Rochester and Monroe county, New York, from the earliest historic times to the beginning of 1907, vol. 1, The Pioneer Publishing Company, p. 570, OCLC 3740785

External links

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[2] Browncroft Neighborhood Association. "Browncroft Historic District". Rochester, New York. Retrieved 2009-04-28.

[nrhpinv_ny-3] Robert T. Englert (September 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Browncroft Historic District". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-05-14. See also: "Accompanying 40 photos".

[Democrat-4] "Browncroft earns place on historic register", Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, New York, pp. 1B, 2004-05-04, ISSN 1088-5153, OCLC 5757784

[5] Peck, William F. (1908), History of Rochester and Monroe county, New York, from the earliest historic times to the beginning of 1907, vol. 1, The Pioneer Publishing Company, p. 570, OCLC 3740785

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