116-50 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. 116-50 anchors the west row with an oriel window and a brick side facade
No. 116-50, the southern end of the west side of 227th Street, is one of the two houses per side with a projecting peaked vestibule and a half-timbered oriel holding a three-part window. Its front still has the original eight-sash wood window with colored diamond panes. The south side wall is brick with five windows under label-molded lintels, beside a paved driveway.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1933
November
Wolosoff Brothers give up St. Albans Lawns after building this row
No. 116-50 and its 49 neighbors turned out to be the only houses Wolosoff Brothers built at St. Albans Lawns. In November 1933 the firm sold most of the land it had bought from Garlind Realty Syndicate to Kiesel Estates, including the lots behind the row on 226th and 228th Streets, which other builders later developed.
“In November of 1933, the Wolosoffs sold off the vast majority of the property acquired from Garlind Realty Syndicate…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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