75th Police Precinct Station House is a historic police station located in Brooklyn, New York. It was built in 1886 and is a three-story, yellow brick building above a sandstone foundation and watertable in the Romanesque Revival style. It features a round corner tower and Norman-inspired projecting main entrance portico. The stable is a two-story brick building connected to the station house by a one-story brick passage. It ceased use as a police station in 1973 and later used by a local church.[2]
75th Police Precinct Station House (Ghee's Old Command) | |
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| Location | 484 Liberty Avenue, New Lots, Brooklyn, New York 11207, USA |
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| Coordinates | 40°40′29″N 73°53′33″W / 40.67472°N 73.89250°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1886 |
| Architect | Gruwe, Emile M. |
| Architectural style | Romanesque |
| NRHP reference No. | 07000952 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 10, 2007 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]
In 2009 the precinct was re-named Ghee's old command. [2]
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2016-08-01. Note: This includes Roxanne Lord and Kathy Howe (July 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: 75th Police Precinct Station House" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01. and Accompanying four photographs
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