Public Hearing to Landmark Two Bushwick Buildings

Tomorrow, the Landmarks Preservation Commission will hold a public hearing on landmarking two Bushwick Avenue buildings: the Ridgewood Masonic Temple at No. 1054 and the Catherine Lipsus House (pictured above) at 670 Bushwick Avenue. In May the LPC voted to calendar the buildings. The Ridgewood Masonic Temple, not currently in use, is a Classical Revival design with Masonic symbolism etched into the building. The Catherine Lipsius House, also known as the Cook Mansion, is a Romanesque Revival Victorian designed by Brooklyn architect Theobald Engelhardt. The full historical writeup for both buildings lives here. The LPC will hold the public hearing at the very beginning of tomorrow’s meeting.
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