1975 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
Female faces carved in stone flank the doorway of No. 1975
Like its neighbor No. 1973, No. 1975 has an arched entrance whose raised molding sits on carved head corbels. At No. 1975 both heads are female, while No. 1973 has two moustached faces and Nos. 1981 and 1983 have turbaned heads, beardless at one and bearded at the other. The house is buff brick, three stories, with a curved bow.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1986
July 15
No. 1975 stands empty and sealed when the block becomes a historic district
When the Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the Morris Avenue Historic District on July 15, 1986, No. 1975 was vacant, with its windows and doors sealed. The report found the original wrought-iron stoop and areaway railings and basement grilles surviving on every house of the row except this one. Its cornice was unpainted.
“All the original wrought-lron stoop and areaway railings and basement grilles survive except at No. 1975 which is vacant; its windows and doors have been sealed.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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