Stephen H. Brown House

115 St Marks Place | St. George | built 1890

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

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.

  1. 1889

    Cunard's American chief Vernon H. Brown builds a house that his son Stephen occupies

    In 1889 Vernon H. Brown, who ran the Cunard steamship line's American operations, bought a 97-foot tract from John M. Pendleton and had Edward A. Sargent design this house and its neighbor at No. 119. Brown sold No. 119 in 1890 but kept this one, where his son Stephen H. Brown lived while working in shipping. Stephen later joined his brother Vernon C. Brown's brokerage and spent many years on the board of governors of the New York Stock Exchange.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 1890

    Edward A. Sargent gives the Brown house a round corner tower and half-timbered gables

    Sargent's towered Shingle Style designs for Nos. 115, 119 and 125 appear to draw on McKim, Mead & White's small tower houses, such as Mrs. Frances L. Skinner's 1882 house in Newport. Each is composed for a three-quarter view around a corner entrance porch. Sargent set this one apart with a big arched parlor window under an overhanging gabled bay, a rounded corner tower, half-timbered gables and carved porch posts with spindles.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  3. 1918

    Deputy Police Chief Cornelius Calahane adds a large kitchen at the rear

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    Later residents included railroad executive Arthur Morriss and J.M. Haugh, who ran the Staten Island branch of the Metropolitan Insurance Company. Deputy Chief of Police Cornelius Calahane and his family lived here from the late 1910s through the 1930s and built a large kitchen addition at the back in 1918. By 1994 the house served as the parsonage of the Brighton Heights Reformed Church.

    “Calahane and his family resided at No. 115 from die late 1910s through the 1930s and were responsible for building a large kitchen addition…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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