Building of the Day: 25 Clark Street

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Photo by Suzanne Spellen

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Address:
25 Clark Street, on corner of Willow Street
Name: Leverich Towers Hotel
Neighborhood: Brooklyn Heights
Year Built: 1928
Architectural Style: Romanesque
Architects: Starrett and Van Vleck
Landmarked: Yes

Brooklyn Heights had some impressive hotels. The near-by St. George was the largest hotel in the city, the Bossert and the Margaret were also Brooklyn icons, and then we have this one, the Leverich Towers.

It was the last of the great hotels, built in 1928. Starrett and Van Vleck were commercial architects, more famous for their Manhattan department stores: Lord and Taylor, Saks, Bloomingdale’s, and the main store building of our own Macy’s, formerly Abraham and Straus.

The hotel’s towers, along with the Emery Roth tower of the St. George Hotel, rise above this part of the Heights, and are quite visually arresting, in all the best ways.

The style is actually an amalgam of Romanesque themes, the towers quite Venetian, with their terra-cotta colonnades, pergolas, balconies and other features seen on the upper stories.

The building is now a Jehovah’s Witness residence. Back when it was a hotel, the four towers were lit by spotlights at night, and must have been quite magical.

Brooklyn Heights -- 25 Clark Street History

Photo via Brooklyn Eagle

Brooklyn Heights -- 25 Clark Street History

Photo via eBay

Brooklyn Heights -- 25 Clark Street History

Photo via eBay

Brooklyn Heights -- 25 Clark Street History

Photo by Suzanne Spellen

Brooklyn Heights -- 25 Clark Street History

Photo by Suzanne Spellen

Brooklyn Heights -- 25 Clark Street History

Photo by Scott Bintner for Property Shark

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