Litchfield Villa

Infobox_nrhp | name =Litchfield Villa
nrhp_type =


caption = South side
location= Prospect Park W. and 5th St., New York, New York
lat_degrees = 40
lat_minutes = 40
lat_seconds = 8
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 73
long_minutes = 58
long_seconds = 26
long_direction = W
locmapin = New York
area =
built =1854
architect= Davis,A.J.; Vaux,Calvert
architecture= Italianate
added = September 14, 1977cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Local
refnum=77000946

Litchfield Villa is an Italianate mansion built in 1854 on a large private estate that has since become part of Prospect Park, Brooklyn. [ The Litchfield Villa; Back to the Past for a Landmark in Prospect Park , By CHRISTOPHER GRAY , New York Times, March 12, 1989 [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE4DA1E3EF931A25750C0A96F948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print] ]

The villa was designed by Alexander Jackson Davis, America's leading architect of the fashionable Italianate style for railroad and real estate developer Edwin Clark Litchfield. [ Alexander Jackson Davis, American Architect, 1803-1892, by Amelia Peck, 1992 , p. 94]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=3189 |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Litchfield Villa | date=December 2, 1976 |accessdate=2008-08-16 |author=Lawrence E. Gobrecht |publisher=New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (includes one map) "See also:" cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=3190 |title=Accompanying five photos, exterior and interior, from 1976 and cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=3188 |title=Accompanying nomination correspondence]

After years of neglect, an extensive renovation was funded by an anonymous descendent of the Litchfield family. The renovation, under the direction of architect Ralph Carmosino, was completed in 2008. [ New Life for Litchfield Villa in Prospect Park , By FRANCIS MORRONE, May 19, 2008, New York Sun, [http://www2.nysun.com/arts/new-life-for-litchfield-villa-in-prospect-park/76619/] ]

It is located on Prospect Park West at 5th Street.

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External links

* [http://www.prospectpark.org/villa Villa]