1137 Forest Avenue

Morrisania | built 1910

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.

1982
No. 1137 is the angled-bay variant in Harry T. Howell's row for John Linch
In the five houses Harry T. Howell designed for John Linch at Nos. 1135-1143, No. 1137 is one of the two 'B' houses. Where No. 1135 has a curved bay, this one has an angled bay and fancier Renaissance-style stone lintels in scrolled, triangular and segmental shapes. The Landmarks Preservation Commission recorded it in its 1982 Morris High School Historic District report, noting a leafy spandrel in the doorway surround.
“No. 1137 similar to No. 1135, differs from it in the use of an angled bay, rather than a curved bay…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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