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41st Annual Prospect Lefferts Gardens House & Garden Tour

Date/Time: Sunday, June 5, 2011—Noon to 5 PM Tickets: $20 in advance/$25 on Tour Day Sponsor: The Lefferts Manor Association Photo by Dan Schickler Here is a sampling of what you’ll experience… EIGHT turn-of-the 20th-century residences and the chance to … Continue reading

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The Architects of Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Part 2

Barbara Ann Rogers’s excellent series on Yahoo about the architects who built homes in PLC continues. Architects of Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Part VI Architects of Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Part VII Architects of Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Part VIII Architects of Prospect … Continue reading

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The Architects of Prospect Lefferts Gardens

Barbara Ann Rogers has been posting a series of very intereting articles on Yahoo Local Flatbush about the architects who built homes in PLG.  They are well worth your time. Architects of Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Part I Architects of Prospect … Continue reading

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Lefferts Farmhouse Second Floor Tours

Prospect Park is offering the rare opportunity to visit the second floor of the Lefferts family’s farmhouse.  Tours are every half hour between 1 and 3:30 pm.  They are available this weekend and next weekend.  Guests will be able to … Continue reading

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A History of the Lefferts Family

The Brownstoner has been running a series of articles, by Montrose Morris, on the history of the Lefferts family in Brooklyn. Today she covers the Lefferts of Flatbush, the founders of Lefferts Manor. This is a highly informative series of … Continue reading

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