293 Alexander Avenue

Mott Haven | built 1882

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

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1881
Thomas Kilpatrick builds No. 293 in a twelve-house row by Charles W. Romeyn
No. 293 is one of twelve brick houses on the west side of Alexander Avenue, Nos. 277 to 299, that architect Charles W. Romeyn designed for Thomas Kilpatrick. Built in 1881 and 1882, the houses stand three stories over high basements. The Landmarks Preservation Commission called the row an early attempt at planning a whole block and a fitting counterpart to the older row facing it across the avenue.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1882
No. 293's row blends French neo-Grec and Queen Anne details at its paired doors
The Kilpatrick row that includes No. 293 marks a shift from the French neo-Grec style to the Queen Anne. Its doorways come in pairs under a shared frame, with grooved neo-Grec pilasters below small Queen Anne sunburst panels. Stone band courses and a single roof cornice height tie the twelve houses together, and in 1969 every pair of stoops but the one at Nos. 281-283 still had their original iron handrails and cast-iron newel posts.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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