Brooklyn Waterworks

New York, United States

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The Brooklyn Waterworks, also known as the Milburn Pumping Station, stands in Freeport, Long Island, as a monumental expression of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture. Designed by prominent Brooklyn architect Frank Freeman and completed in 1890, the building was celebrated as "Long Island's most ambitious Romanesque Revival design." After decades of service, the structure was decommissioned in the 1970s. A property developer purchased it in 1989 with plans to convert it into apartments, but the building was severely damaged by fire during renovation efforts, and subsequent redevelopment attempts have been hindered by legal disputes.