1045 Clay Avenue
Concourse Village | built 1902
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1897
Fleetwood Park runs its last trotting race on the ground that later became Clay Avenue
Before any house stood here, this block was part of Fleetwood Park, a members-only trotting track that the Driving Club of New York ran from 1881 on land leased from William Morris. Its members included wealthy horsemen such as William K. Vanderbilt and William Rockefeller. The last race was held on October 8, 1897, and the park formally closed on January 1, 1898, as development pressed north through the Bronx.
“The final race at Fleetwood Park took place on October 8, 1897, and the park was officially closed on January 1, 1898.”
- 1901
Warren C. Dickerson designs No. 1045 as half of a round-bayed pair for builder Ernest Wenigmann
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Bronx builder Ernest Wenigmann put up this house and its mirror-image partner at No. 1043 in 1901-02 under permit NB 239-1901, from plans by architect Warren C. Dickerson. The pair is distinguished by two-story rounded bays, rock-faced stone banding on the first story and brick gables on the third story, each crowned by a finial. Its now-painted front is nearly a copy of the pair at 1059 and 1061 Clay Avenue.
- 1905
The 1905 state census lists nobody at No. 1045, three years after it was finished
The Landmarks Preservation Commission's 1994 report on Clay Avenue names the 1905 occupants of most of its houses, but for No. 1045 and its partner No. 1043 it records a blank: the 1905 New York State census lists no residents in either house, although both had been finished about three years before. The report notes that owners who had already sold or who lived elsewhere would not appear in that census.
- 1994
No. 1045 and its twin appear on the cover of the Clay Avenue Historic District report
When the Landmarks Preservation Commission published its 1994 designation report for the Clay Avenue Historic District, it chose this house and its partner at No. 1043 for the cover. The photograph, taken in 1993, is credited to Andrew S. Dolkart, the landmarks consultant who prepared the report.
“Cover Photo: 1043 and 1045 Clay Avenue, 1993 Andrew S. Dolkart…”
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