1117 Forest Avenue

Morrisania | built 1903

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

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1903
Warren C. Dickerson pairs this house with No. 1115 behind elaborate stepped iron stair rails
Completed in 1903 to Warren C. Dickerson's plans, this two-family brick house is paired with No. 1115. The Landmarks Preservation Commission found its two-story curved bay plainer than most on the block, topped by a solid brick balcony wall, but judged the stepped wrought-iron stair railings striking. A tripartite square window framed by engaged columns sits over the bay, and limestone quoins with carved wreaths frame the square doorway.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1903
Developers William Crockett and Archibald Hamilton team up to build the houses at 1115-1121 Forest Avenue
William Crockett and Archibald Hamilton went into partnership as developers in 1903 to put up Nos. 1115 through 1121 Forest Avenue, including this house. The two men also built on nearby Jackson Avenue, where Hamilton's pair of houses and Crockett's row of four share the same cornices, door hoods and carved head corbels. The Landmarks Preservation Commission suggested that their connection might explain the likeness.
“…joining in partnership as developers at Nos. 1115-1121 Forest Avenue in 1903…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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