1827 Putnam Avenue

also 5727 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
1827 Putnam Avenue goes up for G. X. Mathews in a row designed by Louis Allmendinger
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1827 Putnam Avenue, on lot 37 of tax block 3462, was one of seven buildings from 1819 to 1835 Putnam Avenue covered by permit NB 1004-13 in 1913. G. X. Mathews was the owner and developer, Louis Allmendinger the architect, and the style a blend of Renaissance and Romanesque Revival.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1913
1827 Putnam Avenue keeps original paired doors and some brick molds but gains a steel stoop rail
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Some historic brick molds still frame the first two bays of windows on the first and third floors, and the entrance keeps its historic paired wood-and-glass doors within a carved limestone surround under a pedimented hood. The pale yellow and amber brick front ends in a tan cornice with swags and cartouches. Later changes include aluminum windows, a new brick and stone stoop with a stainless steel railing, a white-painted door hood and a satellite dish on the roof.
“…non-historic brick and stone stoop; stainless steel stoop railing; door hood painted white…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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