This Federal Era freestanding home was built from 1844 to 1850 for George A. Jarvis, a merchant-grocer and self-made man. This Greek Revival home has undergone many incarnations—from single-family dwelling to multi-family dwelling to community center for neighboring Strong Place Church to single-family home again, more than likely with much in between. The building was lovingly restored before it was scooped up in early 2013 for $6.75 million by its current owner, founder of Rag & Bone, Marcus Wainwright. [Image via Brownstoner]

Designed by Alfred Tredway White and built in 1879, the architecture of the 218-unit Tower and Home Buildings, now known as the Cobble Hill Towers, sought to remedy the squalid air quality and wretched living conditions born of late 1800's tenement life. The towers, built as worker housing, employed cross-ventilation, private courtyards, and exterior staircases. In 1879, the two-to-five-room apartments rented for $7.20 to $14.00 a month. Now-a-days, that roughly equates to $125 to $235.

At Warren Street between Hicks and Henry streets is another Alfred Tredway White development for working-class people—the 34 Workingman's Cottages, erected in 1878, that create Warren Mews. Twenty six of the two-story buildings measure 11-and-a-half feet wide and 32 feet deep, with the endcap units being slightly larger at 16 feet wide. In 1878, an 11-and-a-half-foot-wide row-house rented for about $18 a month, or $300 these days. More recently, the homes sell for about $1.3 million.

Architectural historian and New York walking tour guru Francis Morrone regards Christ Church as "probably the most significant single building in Cobble Hill." The church was erected under the vision of Richard Upjohn, also responsible for the Trinity Church on Broadway and Wall Street, from 1841-1842. In 1916, the church was renovated and decorated with new stained-glass windows made by Louis Comfort Tiffany. Unfortunately, most (but not all!) of Tiffany's work was destroyed in a 1939 fire. In 1969, Christ Church gained Landmarked status. The church was subjected to extreme damage in Hurricane Sandy, and sits largely in disrepair today.

Perhaps surprising to some, Cobble Hill Park was dedicated only in 1965. Prior to the award-winning park, two large houses occupied the site as well as the Second Unitarian Church designed by Jacob Wrey Mould. The park's southern border of Verandah Place is lined with carriage houses and stables built in the 1840's and 50's for the neighborhood's wealthy. No. 40 Verandah Place once housed beloved novelist Thomas Wolfe.[image via NYCParks]

Constructed in 1902, this French Renaissance-style building designed by William C. Hough originally stood as nurses residence's for neighboring Long Island College Hospital. In the 1970's, The Lamm Institute for Developmental Disorders moved in, but has since relocated. LICH sold the building off in 2007. Not surprisingly, it has since brrn developed into three townhouse-style units. In January 2012, the first unit to hit the market was asking $3.85 million; that's $250,000 more than the developers paid for the building in the first place.

This house of worship, built in 1856, originally served as a Church, but in 1905 became the Kane Street Synagogue and home of Congregation Baith Israel Anshei Emes, the the oldest continually functioning Jewish congregation in Cobble Hill. It is built in the Romanesque style, which was popular amongst Jewish congregations in the late 1800's.