1136 Jackson Avenue

Morrisania | built 1900

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

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1900
Warren C. Dickerson designs the house as part of an eleven-house stretch for three developers
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Nos. 1124 through 1144 Jackson Avenue were all drawn by the architect Warren C. Dickerson in 1900, for three separate developers; No. 1136 belongs to the pair built for Archibald Hamilton. The Landmarks Preservation Commission called this run the most picturesque in the Morris High School district, noting its Flemish gables over false mansard roofs, stepped ends at the party walls, Roman brick and limestone trim on two-story houses with raised basements and attics.
“Nos. 1124-1144, were all designed in 1900 by Warren C. Dickerson for three different developers. By far the most picturesque of the designs…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1900
A patch of the original pantile roof survives on this house alone
No. 1136 combines one curved window bay with a triangular attic gable. A section of its clay pantile roofing still survives, which led the Landmarks Preservation Commission to conclude that pantiles once covered the whole group, whose other roofs now carry asphalt shingles. Oddly, it is also the only house in the row fitted with six-over-six window sash; its front door has been replaced.
“A portion of the original pan tile roof survives. Oddly this is the only building in the group with six-over-six window sash.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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