1870 Putnam Avenue

Ridgewood | built 1911

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

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1911
G. X. Mathews files plans for 1870 Putnam Avenue, first of eight houses toward Woodward Avenue
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Under permit NB 1311-11, filed in 1911, developer G. X. Mathews put up eight buildings on the east side of Putnam Avenue, from number 1870 to the corner house at 1884, also known as 804 Woodward Avenue. They stand on lots 18 through 32 of Queens tax block 3472. Louis Allmendinger was the architect, mixing Renaissance Revival and Romanesque Revival elements.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
2010
Survey records 1870 Putnam Avenue's original bluestone stoop and painted double doors
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The 2010 designation report found that 1870 Putnam Avenue kept its historic bluestone stoop and railing, its paired wood-and-glass doors with a painted finish, wood windows at the basement, and a tan cornice with swags and cartouches. Parts of the old areaway railing and newel posts remain. The facade had been cleaned and repointed, the windows replaced in aluminum, the door surround resurfaced, and some stonework at the base painted grey.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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