New entries

500 State Street

Originally constructed as a pair of row houses in 1854, these two buildings were combined in 1923 as a funeral parlor for the Brooklyn Casket Co.1 The buildings were modified in a Gothic style, with a one-story brick and stone extension to the front of the property in stone and new lintels

Read more about 500 State Street
Log in to post comments

Kenneth A. Jewell

500 State Street (1923)

Read more about Kenneth A. Jewell
Log in to post comments

492-500 State Street

Row of five 4-story Italianate row houses. #498-500 altered later.

Read more about 492-500 State Street
Log in to post comments

Laspia & Samenfeld

Partnership of Frank V. Laspia and Lee Samenfeld. Did a lot of work in sourthern Brooklyn, Bensonhurst in particular, in the 1920s and 1930s. Responsible for many tapestry brick buildings and alterations of older buildings in the 1920s tapestry brick style.