Grand Prospect Hall
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Prospect Hall | |
Location | 263 Prospect Ave., Brooklyn, New York |
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Coordinates | 40°39′49″N 73°59′24″W / 40.66361°N 73.99000°W |
Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
Built | 1901 |
Architect | Huberty, Ulrich J. |
Architectural style | French Renaissance |
NRHP reference No. | 99000460 [1] |
Added to NRHP | April 15, 1999 |
Grand Prospect Hall is a large Victorian banquet hall in Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York. Local entrepreneur John Kolle built this ornate palace in 1892. Kolle hired a young architect, Ulrich J. Huberty, creator of Prospect Park's renowned boathouse, tennis house, and Litchfield Villa. It is a four story building faced in buff-gray brick in the French Renaissance style. It features pressed metal decoration originally painted in imitation of limestone.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Craig Morrison (September 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Registration:Prospect Hall". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-02-20. See also: "Accompanying 10 photos".
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Categories:
- Buildings and structures in Brooklyn
- Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in New York City
- Landmarks in Brooklyn
- Commercial buildings completed in 1892
- Park Slope
- National Register of Historic Places in Brooklyn
- 1892 establishments in New York
- Brooklyn building and structure stubs
- Brooklyn Registered Historic Place stubs