Sanders-Davis House

219 East 49th Street | Turtle Bay | built 1935

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

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1935
December
Morris B. Sanders Jr. completes his modernist home on the site of an 1869 house
Barbara Castleton Davis bought a two-story house on the lot in July 1934, and architect Morris B. Sanders Jr. then drew up plans for a new blue-brick and glass-block building in its place. Work began in March 1935 after the old house was demolished, and the building was finished that December. Sanders and Davis planned to live in the upper seven-room triplex, with a duplex below rented to another family.
Source: Wikipedia
1943
Art Headquarters hosts an exhibition of war posters at the house
Around 1943, the building also housed Art Headquarters, which held exhibitions including a display of war posters. At the time, the lower duplex was rented to Fanshawe Lindley, while Sanders still lived upstairs.
Source: Wikipedia
2008
November 18
The city designates the Sanders-Davis House a landmark
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the modernist house at 219 East 49th Street a city landmark on November 18, 2008. Sanders had lived there until his death in September 1948, and the house was sold the following year.
Source: Wikipedia

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