There is an ambiguity in the records, but we believe these were designed in 1899 by architects Lawton and Field (J. MacArthur, builder), who were responsible for dozens of neo-Renaissance townhouses in the Prospect Lefferts Gardens historic district on Lincoln Road, Fenimore Street, and Midwood Street.
Moving north on Rogers Avenue to Sterling Street, we have another group of Shampan and Shampan designed 3 story buildings at 393-403 Rogers Avenue. These were built in 1915 for the Brooklyn Union Building company. They have their twins at 699-713 Flatbush Avenue. Meanwhile, around the corner on Parkside Avenue, Shampan and Shampan were erecting the magnificent pair of four story apartment buildings at 253-259 Parkside Avenue, again for the Brooklyn Union Building Company.
(yes, okay that's a satellite dish on the ornate iron fire escape, and what looks like a Trini flag in the window. This is PLG!)
If you're enjoying our updates and would like to get involved, share stories about buildings, or old photos, please email me and we will send out to the rest of the group next week. Also, please consider donating what you can so we can take our paid interns and unpaid volunteers work to the next level with a professional architectural and historic assessment and presentation of data for over 1500 buildings in the neighborhood. Checks should be made out to:
Concerned Citizens For Community Based Planning and can be dropped off at either
79 Fenimore Street or 190 Lincoln Road.
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