Stockholm–DeKalb–Hart Historic District
historic district in New York, United States
Stockholm–DeKalb–Hart Historic District is a national historic district in Ridgewood, Queens, New York. It includes 79 contributing buildings built between 1900 and 1915. They consist mainly of brick two-story row houses with one apartment per floor. Some buildings feature three bay wide wood porches with Tuscan columns.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. Part of the NRHP district overlaps with the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission's Stockholm Street Historic District.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Stockholm–DeKalb–Hart Historic District” is historic district in New York, United States. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Stockholm, DeKalb and Hart, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “historic district in New York, United States” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7617989. The first chronological checks are 1900, 1915 and 1983.
Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Stockholm–DeKalb–Hart Historic District”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Stockholm–DeKalb–Hart Historic District primary sources, Stockholm–DeKalb–Hart Historic District archive and Stockholm research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Stockholm–DeKalb–Hart Historic District”?
- Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
- What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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This entry incorporates text from “Stockholm–DeKalb–Hart Historic District” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.