289 Alexander Avenue

Mott Haven | built 1882

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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. 1882

    Thomas Kilpatrick builds No. 289 as part of a planned row facing an older one

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    No. 289 went up in 1881-1882 in a row of twelve brick houses commissioned by Thomas Kilpatrick and designed by Charles W. Romeyn. Doorways in the row come in pairs under a shared frame, which the Landmarks Preservation Commission said gave the facades a bolder look than the usual single, isolated doors. Most of the paired stoops kept their original iron handrails and cast-iron newel posts.

    “The paired doorways have a common enframement ... which gives the overall facade a bolder appearance than the more usual design with single, isolated doors…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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