109 Kent Street

Greenpoint | built 1863

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

1863
Shipbuilder Jeremiah Foulks builds a two-story Italianate brick house at 109 Kent Street
Jeremiah Foulks put up this two-story brick house in 1863. He was no house builder: with partner Herbert Lawrence he ran Lawrence & Foulks, shipbuilders in Williamsburg and Greenpoint known for fast wooden steamboats and steamships, with more than 144 vessels to their name. Brownstoner says he was born in England, arrived in 1850, and during the Civil War turned out ships for the Union Navy.
Source: brownstoner.com
1982
109 Kent Street, home of developer James R. Sparrow Jr., joins the Greenpoint Historic District
The house became part of the Greenpoint Historic District in 1982. The landmarks report notes that James R. Sparrow Jr., who with his father developed many sites in the district, lived here. Brownstoner adds that the Sparrow family built many speculative houses in Greenpoint, including the two beside this one. A wide addition at the back and side, probably from his ownership, brought the house to 2,850 square feet; it was painted white in the 1980s tax photo, later returned to red brick, and still has its original cast-iron fence.
Source: brownstoner.com

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