1974 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.

1907
No. 1974 is faced in buff brick with a rectangular limestone entrance
No. 1974 is one of four houses in its row, with Nos. 1976, 1982 and 1984, faced in buff-colored brick. Its entrance is rectangular, with a limestone entablature on a pulvinated frieze, and its windows have splayed lintels with prominent keystones. By 1986 the house had aluminum sash and a cornice painted green.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1908
March 11
William Ellis buys the newly finished house at No. 1974
William Ellis became the first owner of No. 1974 Morris Avenue on March 11, 1908, according to the list of first owners in the historic district report. All seven houses from No. 1972 to No. 1984 changed hands between March and May 1908, and of those only No. 1984, sold on March 2, found its buyer sooner.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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