1042 Clay Avenue

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1900
Ernest Wenigmann buys former Morris land on Clay Avenue to build two-family houses
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In 1900 Bronx builder Ernest Wenigmann acquired the land along Clay Avenue, buying some plots straight from Juliet M. Livingston, an heir of the Morris family, and others through intermediaries. Over 1901-02 he built 28 two-family houses there, including No. 1042; they were the first buildings erected in the Fleetwood neighborhood, ahead of the apartment houses that later came to dominate it.
“Wenigmann acquired the land on Clay Avenue and in the surrounding area in 1900.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1905
Widow Minnie Rosenbrock owns No. 1042 and rents to a family of seven
The house's owner in the 1905 census was Minnie (or Mena) Rosenbrock, a widow born in Germany. She rented the second apartment to Caroline Borehees, whose household included two sons and four daughters.
“No. 1042 was owned by a German-born widow, Minnie (or Mena) Rosenbrock.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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