Knickerbocker Field Club is a historic tennis association located in Flatbush, Brooklyn , New York, New York . It was founded in 1889, and continues to operate to this day.
6-551: Its historic tennis clubhouse was built in 1892 and was the sole surviving building associated with the Tennis Court development until 1988, when it was partially destroyed by fire. It was razed in 1992 with the approval of the Landmark Preservation Commission due to lack of funds for restoration. It was a long, two story Colonial Revival style building sheathed in clapboard and shingles. It had
12-582: A gambrel roof and featured a deep porch supported by Doric order columns. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. A replacement clubhouse was built after. The club features 5 clay courts. It has an active roster of 160 members, with a waiting list to join. The Knickerbocker also offers a free summer program for neighborhood children. This article about a historic property or district in Brooklyn , New York that
18-511: Is listed on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a building or structure in Brooklyn is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Colonial Revival architecture The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture . The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to
24-564: The Centennial Exhibition of 1876 , which reawakened Americans to the architectural traditions of their colonial past. Fairly small numbers of Colonial Revival homes were built c. 1880 –1910, a period when Queen Anne-style architecture was dominant in the United States. From 1910–1930, the Colonial Revival movement was ascendant, with about 40% of U.S. homes built in the Colonial Revival style. In
30-490: The dominant influences in Colonial Revival style are Georgian and Federal architecture , Colonial Revival homes also draw, to a lesser extent, from the Dutch Colonial style and post-medieval English styles. Colonial Revival homes are often eclectic in style, combining aspects from several of these previous styles. Since Colonial Revival architecture pulls structural and decorative elements from other styles, there
36-485: The immediate post-war period ( c. 1950s –early 1960s), Colonial Revival homes continued to be constructed, but in simplified form. In the present-day, many New Traditional homes draw from Colonial Revival styles. Although associated with the architectural movement, "Colonial Revival" also refers to historic preservation , landscape architecture and garden design, and decorative arts movements that emulate or draw inspiration from colonial forms. While
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