222 Hamilton Avenue

St. George | 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.

1903
Edward and Julia Sullivan buy a building lot cut from John C. Green's New Brighton estate
The land had belonged to John C. Green, a wealthy New Brighton resident whose grounds were known for their gardens and greenhouses; part of the estate later became the site of Curtis High School. Charlotte Freylinghuysen acquired this lot between 1897 and 1902 and sold it to Edward and Julia Sullivan in 1903. Their deed limited how tall, how costly and how far back from the street their house could be, and what it could be used for, and the Shingle Style house, attributed to Peter Veitch, stood by 1907.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1925
Irish-born engineer James Hart and his family live in the house
The Sullivans kept the house until 1922, selling it that year to Anne Barry. Three years later, in 1925, the occupants were James Hart and his family; Hart, who was born in Ireland, worked as an engineer. The house still has its full-width front porch and a Palladian window with freestanding wood columns set in the attic gable.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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