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Richmond Hill nominated for state & national historic registers
BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
cmohamed@cnglocal.com
@QNS
The New York State Historic
Preservation Board has recommended
that a sizable portion of Richmond
Hill featuring Victorian homes and
other notable structures be added to the
State and National Registers of Historic
Places.
Th e registers are the offi cial lists of
buildings, structures, districts, landscapes,
objects and sites signifi cant in the
history, architecture, archeology and culture
of New York state and the nation.
“We are grateful for the support of
our Council member Eric Ulrich, who
provided funding for the Survey of
Richmond Hill and for the application
process to the State Historic Preservation
Offi ce, which has made this all possible,”
the Richmond Hill Historical Society
said on its Facebook page. “We are also
thankful for the support of the Historic
Districts Council, Executive Director
Simeon Bankoff and his staff , who have
provided guidance and support to preserve
Historic Richmond Hill and countless
historic buildings and communities
in New York City.”
Richmond Hill is one of the fi rst garden
communities and planned suburbs
in eastern Queens County, according to
the Richmond Hill Historical Society.
Th e organization preserves and revitalizes
Richmond Hill through education
and resource exchange to the community
on historic preservation, restoration
and rehabilitation of its historic homes,
churches and commercial buildings.
Th e society has also advocated for landmarking
large sections of the neighborhood
for years.
Th e recommended historic district consists
primarily of large, Victorian-styled
and architecturally distinguished houses
built between 1890 and 1915 for railroad
commuters working in Manhattan and
Brooklyn. Th e area also includes smaller
homes built between the arrival of the
subway in 1917 and the Great Depression
in 1930, according to the Richmond Hill
Historical Society. A number of these
homes have been torn down in recent years
and replaced with multi-family dwellings.
Th e Richmond Hill Historic District
encompasses a small, early portion of
the current residential neighborhood. Th e
historic district comprises a signifi cant,
and the most intact, portion of the original
Richmond Hill subdivision as mapped
out in 1868 by business partners Albon
Platt Man and Edward Richmond.
Its boundary was drawn to take in the
largest concentration of intact historic
houses in the neighborhood, including
nearly all of the earliest surviving examples
(1880s and early 1890s). Th e district
is bounded on the north by the
natural boundary of Forest Park and
the historic boundary of 84th Avenue
(originally known as Division Avenue
since it demarcated the border with Kew
Gardens). To the east, south and west the
district stops short of Leff erts Boulevard
and Myrtle Avenue.
State and National Registers listing
can assist property owners in revitalizing
buildings, making them eligible for various
public preservation programs and
services, such as matching state grants
and state and federal historic rehabilitation
tax credits.
Once the recommendations are
approved by the state historic preservation
offi cer, the properties are listed on
the New York State Register of Historic
Places and then nominated to the National
Register of Historic Places, where they are
reviewed and, once approved, entered on
the National Register.
Photo courtesy of Offi ce of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
One of the many Victorian homes in Richmond Hill
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