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Wallabout Industrial Historic District

Wallabout Industrial Historic District
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Wallabout Industrial Historic District, September 2013
Wallabout Industrial Historic District is located in New York City
Wallabout Industrial Historic District
Wallabout Industrial Historic District is located in New York
Wallabout Industrial Historic District
Wallabout Industrial Historic District is located in the US
Wallabout Industrial Historic District
Location Clinton, Flushing, Grand, Park, Washington, & Waverly Aves., Hall, & Ryerson Sts., Brooklyn, New York
Coordinates 40°41′49″N 73°58′01″W / 40.69694°N 73.96694°W / 40.69694; -73.96694Coordinates: 40°41′49″N 73°58′01″W / 40.69694°N 73.96694°W / 40.69694; -73.96694
Area 10.08 acres (4.08 ha)
Built c. 1890 (1890)-1940
Architectural style Romanesque Revival
NRHP reference # 12000479
Added to NRHP August 7, 2012

Wallabout Industrial Historic District is a national historic district located in the Wallabout neighborhood of Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. The district encompasses 43 contributing buildings and 3 contributing sites in an industrial section of Brooklyn. The district developed in the late-19th and early-20th century and features noteworthy examples of Romanesque Revival style architecture. The buildings are largely constructed of brick, bluestone, and brownstone with limestone, terra cotta, and cast iron elements. The district includes the previously listed Rockwood Chocolate Factory Historic District. A number of the buildings have been adapted for residential and commercial uses.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.



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