1986 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
October 27
No. 1986 becomes the first house of its row of nine to be sold
Developer August Jacob's third building campaign, Nos. 1970 to 1986 on the east side of Morris Avenue, appears to have begun in late 1906 or early 1907. The first of those nine three-story houses to find a buyer was No. 1986, sold on October 27, 1907. Its row shows the widest range of brick shades on the block: buff, dark honey and burnt orange.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1986
The only burnt-orange brick house on the block stands vacant and sealed at designation
Architect John Hauser varied the brick of the nine houses in this row among dark honey, buff and burnt orange, and No. 1986 is the only house on the block faced in burnt-orange brick. It has an arched entrance with limestone cresting and a green-painted cornice. When the Landmarks Preservation Commission described the block for its 1986 designation, the house was empty, with its doorway and windows sealed.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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