302 Alexander Avenue

also 331 East 140th Street | Mott Haven | built 1901

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

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1880
Andrew J. O'Dell begins a six-house row at No. 302 designed by John Rogers
No. 302 is the first of six brick houses, Nos. 302 to 312, built for Andrew J. O'Dell. Although they look identical, they took eight years to finish: Nos. 302-306 went up in 1880-1881 to designs by John Rogers, while Nos. 308-312 followed in 1888-89 under B. E. Lowe.
“Although these six brick houses appear identical and were ·des lgned for the same man, Andrew J. O'Del I, they were constructed over a span of eight years…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1881
No. 302's row joins deep doorways and bossed cornices in the neo-Grec style
No. 302 and the rest of the O'Dell row are three-story French neo-Grec houses on high basements, linked by band courses running across all six facades. Their doorways sit in deep brick reveals under pediments carried out on brackets, and the roof cornice bears a pattern of projecting bosses. Cast-iron railings with heavy newel posts and slender spindles complete the row, which the Landmarks Preservation Commission said gave the houses a quiet dignity.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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