115-63 222nd Street

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

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1931
Monda & Bertolazzi give this house its own vestibule as one of the street's six single houses
Unlike most of its neighbors, this 1931 house was not built as half of a pair. It is one of six single houses on the street, with its own entry vestibule under an asymmetrical roof and a triangular-arched doorway. It keeps its wood front door with iron strap hinge, a leaded diamond-pane first-story window, one original six-over-one upstairs window and half-timbering in its narrow gable. Its chimney, shared with No. 115-65, is decorated with stucco, brick diaperwork and crosses.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1940
Fire Lieutenant Neil Houston, an immigrant from Northern Ireland, lives here with his family
Census records from the street's early years show Fire Lieutenant Neil Houston, born in Northern Ireland, living in this house with his wife Sarah, his sister-in-law Mary and two teenage children, all New York-born. Other heads of household on the street in 1940 included a photo engraver, a train operator, a doctor, a police officer and a steamship executive. The Landmarks Preservation Commission found the street's demographics and class makeup essentially unchanged in 1950.
“Fire Lieutenant Neil Houston, who came to the U.S. from Northern Ireland, lived at No. 115-63 with his wife Sarah, sister-in-law Mary, and two teenage children…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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