According to the 1979 landmarks designation report for the original Prospect Lefferts Gardens Historic District, he is one of three Brooklyn architects, along with Benjamin Driesler and the firm of Slee and Bryson, who give the area its character. According to the report, "Hedman's neo-Renaissance designs are among the finest in New York City. Within the limited stylistic vocabulary of the neo-Renaissance, he consistently designed interesting and frequently original buildings with finely crafted details."
According to Brownstoner he was born in Sweden in 1861 and immigrated to America in the 1880's, dying in Brooklyn in 1941.
Hedman of course designed all of the limestone rowhouses on Maple Street between Bedford and Rogers, and several on the north side of Rutland Road between Bedford and Rogers, within the Lefferts Manor neighborhood. But like many prolific Brooklyn architects, he left his progeny on many a pretty block throughout the area. Here are five more examples.
74 - 102 Fenimore street and 66 Fenimore/631 Flatbush
And around the corner , 631- 647 Flatbush Avenue,
five four story apartment buildings , also built in 1905 by Charles G Reynolds.
185 - 211 Ocean Avenue, designated as a historic district in 2009
224-228 Winthrop Street (built 1905 by J H Doherty & Co.)
And around the corner, 605 - 615 Rogers Avenue, four 3 story store plus residences built by W R Doherty
