The Herman Behr Mansion is a building located at 82 Pierrepont Street at the corner of Henry Street in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, New York City. Constructed in 1888–89 to a design of Brooklyn architect Frank Freeman, it has been described as "the city's finest Romanesque Revival house".
Front (Pierrepont St.) view of the mansion. The rectangular canopy over the entrance is a modern addition.
One of the sandstone dragons at street level on the Herman Behr Mansion
The mansion shortly after completion, c.1889
Brooklyn Heights is a residential neighborhood within the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bounded by Old Fulton Street near the Brooklyn Bridge on the north, Cadman Plaza West on the east, Atlantic Avenue on the south, and the Brooklyn–Queens Expressway or the East River on the west. Adjacent neighborhoods are Dumbo to the north, Downtown Brooklyn to the east, and Cobble Hill and Boerum Hill to the south.
Townhouses in Brooklyn Heights
The view of New York City from Brooklyn Heights, (1778 – c. 1880)
Brooklyn Heights in 1854
The Brooklyn Heights Promenade