263 Alexander Avenue

Mott Haven | built 1888

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

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

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  1. 1888

    Richard Lomax designs the "Tower Block" row for Thomas Overington

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    No. 263 is one of six three-story brick houses, Nos. 263-273, that Richard Lomax designed for Thomas Overington and that were built in 1887-1888. Though Queen Anne in date, the row keeps Victorian Gothic touches: paired stone colonnettes hold up the arches of the bay windows, and the top-floor windows open onto balconies with iron cresting. A slate roof line leads to a diagonal corner tower at No. 273 carved "Tower Block".

    “This row of six brick houses, three stories high, was designed by Richard Lomax for Thomas Overington and was built in 1887-1888.”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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