1869 Putnam Avenue

Ridgewood | built 1911

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1. 1911

   1869 Putnam Avenue rises as the second house in a nine-building Mathews row

   G. X. Mathews, the developer, filed new-building permit NB 1313-11 in 1911 for a row of nine houses that starts at 1867 Putnam Avenue and turns the corner at Woodward Avenue with number 1883. Number 1869 is the second house, on lot 48 of Queens tax block 3471. Louis Allmendinger designed the row in the Renaissance and Romanesque Revival styles.

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

2. 1915

   Mathews company reports 153 of its 167 Ridgewood South flats houses already sold

   As work on its Ridgewood project wound down, the G. X. Mathews Company said that 153 of the 167 tenements it had built in what is now the Ridgewood South Historic District had found buyers, according to the Newtown Register of April 29, 1915. Building permits show that Louis Allmendinger, the architect of 1869 Putnam Avenue, designed 149 of those 167 buildings.

   “…the G. X. Mathews Company reported that 153 of the 167 tenements built in the district had already been sold…”

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

3. 2010

   Landmarks report finds 1869 Putnam Avenue with its bluestone stoop, railing and original doors

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   The 2010 designation report found that 1869 Putnam Avenue still had a historic bluestone stoop and railing, paired wood-and-glass front doors with a wood-grain finish, and an old railing at the basement entry. A pale-yellow cornice with swags and cartouches tops the facade. The report also notes that the stoop, door hood and lower stonework had been resurfaced, that sliding windows were put in at the basement, and that a hatch entry had been added at the basement.

   “…historic bluestone stoop and railing; bluestone water table and sills at base; historic railing at basement entry…”

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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