1972 Morris Avenue

Mount Hope | built 1907

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

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

1908
May 6
John Blumers becomes the first owner of No. 1972
The Landmarks Preservation Commission's appendix of first owners records the sale of No. 1972 Morris Avenue, lot 3 of tax block 2807, to John Blumers on May 6, 1908. His purchase came in the spring of 1908, when every house from No. 1972 to No. 1984 found a first buyer between early March and early May.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1986
The 1986 survey finds lion-head wing walls in place of iron railings at No. 1972
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When the Morris Avenue Historic District was designated in 1986, every house in the row from No. 1970 to No. 1986 kept its original wrought-iron stoop railings except No. 1972. Its stoop is instead lined by heavy wing walls, each pierced with six holes and ending in panels with cartouches bearing lion's heads. The report also noted that the house had lost the modillions from its galvanized iron cornice, which had been painted white, and that it had aluminum window sash.
“…except No. 1972 (plate 23) which has heavy wing walls lining the stoop; each is pierced with six holes…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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