Brooklyn · NYC landmark
Coignet Stone Company Building
360 3rd Avenue · Brooklyn, New York City
An ornate former factory office demonstrates an early effort to make building stone from molded concrete.
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NYFE Summary
The company used this office to show what its concrete products could do. Molds produced blocks and decorative details that would otherwise have required stonecutting. The surrounding factory supplied major construction projects, but the business struggled and the works closed in 1882.
The small building combines large arched openings with heavily modeled window surrounds and cornices. Its upper walls retain cast-stone parts, while its foundation was poured in place. Edwin Litchfield’s Brooklyn Improvement Company later used the office.
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