1989 Morris Avenue

Mount Hope | built 1906

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.

1906
June 20
Construction of No. 1989 opens August Jacob's development of Morris Avenue
Building permits date the first of developer August Jacob's five campaigns on this block from June 20, 1906 to January 1, 1907. It covered the six lots at the north end of the west side, Nos. 1989 to 1999, plus No. 60 East 179th Street. Architect John Hauser designed these six as three double houses, each two stories over a high English basement.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1906
Nos. 1989 and 1991 share a double-house front with straight limestone lintels
Each of the first six houses is 20 feet wide, 55 feet deep and 34 feet from curb to cornice, reached by a stoop of ten steps. No. 1989 and its partner No. 1991 form the southernmost double house, set apart from the others by straight limestone window lintels. By 1986 No. 1989 had aluminum sash, and its cornice was unpainted.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1908
October 23
Michael Cusack becomes the first owner of No. 1989 Morris Avenue
The Landmarks Preservation Commission's list of the block's first owners records Michael Cusack as the original buyer of No. 1989, on lot 18 of tax block 2829, with a purchase date of October 23, 1908. The same date, October 23, 1908, appears beside two other first sales in the list: No. 1981 Morris Avenue and No. 60 East 179th Street.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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