116-25 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. 116-25 gets a half-timbered oriel and a diaperwork vestibule, one of only four such houses on the street
Andrew A. Marjey gave No. 116-25 a peaked brick vestibule with diaperwork and a round-arched niche, and a second-floor oriel with a peaked gable and three-part window. The commission recorded that it kept its curved brick front step, its historic wood door, and the stucco, half-timbering and wooden finial of the oriel. The eight-sash leaded window below was later replaced, and a security camera now watches the entrance.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1931
Nos. 116-25 and 116-27 form the midpoint around which the east row of 227th Street mirrors itself
The 50 houses St. Albans Lawns Inc. built on 227th Street follow a strict plan: each side mirrors the other, and apart from the northern corner houses each row is symmetrical. On the east side, the axis of that symmetry falls between No. 116-25 and its partner No. 116-27, which share a vestibule. Across the street, Nos. 116-26 and 116-28 play the same role, and along both rows single houses alternate with pairs except at the ends.
“…each side of the street essentially mirrors the other, and, excluding the northernmost corner houses, is symmetrical, split by Nos. 116-26 and 116-28…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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