1823 Putnam Avenue

also 5723 Putnam Avenue | Ridgewood | built 1913

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1913
Developer G. X. Mathews puts up 1823 Putnam Avenue under one permit with six neighbors
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G. X. Mathews was the original owner and developer of 1823 Putnam Avenue, filed in 1913 as part of new-building permit NB 1004-13 for seven buildings from 1819 to 1835 on the west side of Putnam Avenue, between Seneca and Onderdonk Avenues. The architect was Louis Allmendinger, working in a mix of Renaissance and Romanesque Revival. The house stands on lot 40 of tax block 3462.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1913
1823 Putnam Avenue has wood-grain double doors within a carved limestone entrance
Five bays wide at the base and four above, the pale yellow brick front has amber brick lintels, limestone sills and patterned brick and stone bands, with amber pilasters on corbelled bases. A pedimented hood on brackets tops the carved limestone doorway, which holds paired wood-and-glass doors finished to look like wood grain. Later owners added aluminum windows with projecting grilles, a metal awning on posts, a new brick stoop and sliding basement windows.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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