11-45+Weirfield+Street

=11-45 Weirfield Street =

Between Bushwick Avenue and Broadway Block 3394, Lots 40-57

















**Year Built:** 1885 **Building Type:** Rowhouses **Architect:** Cozine & Gascoine **Builder:** G. Culter & E.R. Groves **Original Owner:** Cozine & Gascoine
 * Proposed District:** Cozine and Gascoine District

=**History and Analysis **=

11-45 Weirfield Street is a row of ten two-and-a-half-story rowhouses located between Bushwick Avenue and Broadway, all three bays wide with stoops on the right side of the front facade. All are now covered in vinyl or asphalt siding with most of the front facade ornament removed, so it is difficult to determine their original architectural style, which was possibly Neo-Grec. Each rowhouse is a brick filled frame with a tin roof, constructed for $2,700 in 1885 as a speculative development venture by Cozine & Gascoine who resided at 1223 and 1225 Bushwick Avenue. These rowhouses were built as part of a larger speculative development scheme by the firm Cozine & Gascoine who were responsible for the construction of around 1,000 structures in the area.

=Additional Section/ Additional Photography =

According to the United States Census of 1900, there were multiple small families living in each rowhouse. Most residents were born in the United States with parents from the United States, Ireland, and Germany. Many families were renters, and a few had servants. Occupations ranged from working to middle class professions, including dressmakers, dealers, clerks, engineers, and architects.

=Location =

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=**References **= Brooklyn Real Estate Record and Builders Guide, 1885. United States of America, Bureau of the Census. //Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900//. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. Brooklyn Ward 28, District 520, Pages 1-3.