Clinton Hill South Historic District

Clinton Hill South Historic District is a national historic district in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, in New York City. It consists of 246 largely residential contributing buildings built between the 1850s and 1922. It includes fine examples of Neo-Grec style row houses. Also in the district are a number of early 20th century apartment buildings in the Colonial Revival style.^[2]

Clinton Hill South Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Row houses in the district
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Location	Roughly Lefferts and Brevoort Places between Washington Avenue and Bedford Place, Brooklyn, New York
Coordinates	40°40′50″N 73°57′32″W
Area	23 acres (9.3 ha)
Architect	Robert Dixon, et al.
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Late Victorian, Neo-Grec
NRHP reference No.	86001675 [1]
Added to NRHP	July 17, 1986

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.^[1]

Notable residents

• Thomas F. Woodlock, 155-157 Lefferts Place, editor of The Wall Street Journal and Interstate Commerce Commission commissioner.^[3]
• James William Elwell, 70 Lefferts Place, shipping merchant and philanthropist; members of the New York Chamber of Commerce.^[4]

See also

• Clinton Hill Historic District