1879 Madison Street

Ridgewood | built 1915

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1914
G. X. Mathews builds 1879 Madison Street among his last flats in Ridgewood South
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The Landmarks Preservation Commission dates 1879 Madison Street to 1914-15 (permit NB 2496-14) and, judging from the buildings beside it, credits G. X. Mathews as both its developer and its architect. It has a pale yellow brick front on an amber brick base. It stands at the northwest corner of Madison Street and Woodward Avenue, where Mathews put up his last buildings in what became the Ridgewood South Historic District.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1915
A curved front fits 1879 Madison Street onto a narrow lot beside the railroad
Because 1879 Madison Street sits on a narrower lot than most of its neighbors, it was given a different floor plan from the standard Mathews flats, the Landmarks Preservation Commission notes. Instead of projecting as a bay, its facade bows outward in a curve from the building next door. The railroad right-of-way gave the lots at this corner irregular shapes, so each building here got its own plan.
“At 1879 Madison Street, the facade is curved outward from the adjacent building, rather than projecting as a bay.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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