116-06 227th 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
No. 116-06 shares a stucco chimney with its neighbor at No. 116-08
Built in 1931 by St. Albans Lawns Inc. to plans by Andrew Marjey, No. 116-06 is a single house with a corner vestibule and a flat parapet. It still has its curved brick step, wood front door, eight-sash diamond-pane window, half-timbered upper story with basketweave and herringbone brick, and a rough stucco chimney studded with brick and stone that it shares with No. 116-08. Its vestibule roof has been replaced.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1940
English bookkeeper John Leche and his Scottish wife Margaret raise two daughters at No. 116-06
In 1940 No. 116-06 was home to John Leche, a bookkeeper born in England, his wife Margaret, born in Scotland, and their two young daughters. They were among the handful of immigrant owners on a street of mostly New York-born, middle-class families whose working men that year included a pharmacist, a hairdresser, a police officer, a lawyer and a firefighter.
“John Leche, a bookkeeper born in England, and his Scotland-born wife Margaret lived with their two young daughters at 116-06 227th Street…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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