116-26 227th Street

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1931
No. 116-26 gets a half-timbered oriel with a wood finial over a diaperwork vestibule
No. 116-26 is one of the two paired houses on the west side of 227th Street that Andrew A. Marjey gave a peaked brick vestibule with diaperwork and a second-floor oriel with a gabled top and three-part window. It retains its historic wooden front door and the oriel's stucco, half-timbering and wooden finial, as well as slate shingles and a chimney shared with No. 116-24. Its leaded first-floor window and upstairs sashes were later replaced.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1931
Nos. 116-26 and 116-28 mark the center line of the west row's mirrored design
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St. Albans Lawns Inc. laid out its 50 houses on 227th Street so that the two sides mirror each other and each row, leaving out the northern corner houses, is symmetrical. On the west side the row divides between No. 116-26 and its partner No. 116-28, the pair that share a vestibule at the middle. On the east side, Nos. 116-25 and 116-27 hold the matching position.
“…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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