Tower Block

273 Alexander Avenue | also 312 East 139th Street | Mott Haven | built 1895

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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.

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

  1. 1888

    A diagonal corner tower carved "Tower Block" crowns the end of Lomax's row

    The corner house of Richard Lomax's 1887-1888 row for Thomas Overington rises above the roofline in a tower set at a diagonal and inscribed with the words "Tower Block." The tower's windows have stained-glass transoms that echo those over the row's bay windows, and classical swags decorate the fascia beneath the cornice, a typical Queen Anne touch.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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