1828 Putnam Avenue

also 5728 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
Louis Allmendinger's design for G. X. Mathews produces 1828 Putnam Avenue
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1828 Putnam Avenue stands on lot 27 of tax block 3463, one of seven buildings at 1820 to 1834 Putnam Avenue that G. X. Mathews built under permit NB 1011-13, filed in 1913. Louis Allmendinger was the architect. The LPC describes the style as Renaissance and Romanesque Revival; the row runs along the east side of the avenue from Seneca Avenue toward Onderdonk Avenue.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1913
1828 Putnam Avenue keeps its bluestone stoop, historic railing and paired entrance doors
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At 1828 the historic bluestone stoop and railing remain, along with paired wood-and-glass doors in a wood-grain finish and an old railing at the under-stoop entry. The pale yellow brick front has a tan cornice with dentils, swags and cartouches. The LPC lists aluminum windows, a white-painted door surround, a resurfaced stoop, and a rear stuccoed tan with a fire escape and clothesline.
“…historic bluestone stoop and railing; bluestone water table and sills at base…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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