306 Alexander Avenue

Mott Haven | built 1881

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

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1880
Architect John Rogers designs No. 306 as one of three houses for Andrew J. O'Dell
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No. 306 Alexander Avenue belongs to the first half of a six-house brick row commissioned by Andrew J. O'Dell. John Rogers drew up Nos. 302 through 306, and they went up in 1880-1881. O'Dell finished the row with three more houses, Nos. 308 to 312, only in 1888-1889, so although the six fronts look alike, eight years separate the two halves.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1881
No. 306 shows the neo-Grec details shared by the whole O'Dell row
Like its five neighbors, No. 306 is a three-story house over a high basement in the French neo-Grec manner. Its stone window lintels carry finely incised ornament, and the pediment over the door juts out on brackets, which makes the brick reveals of the doorway look deeper than they are. The modillioned roof cornice has an unusual fascia studded with projecting bosses, and band courses tie the six houses together.
“The roof cornice, carried on modi 11 ions, presents an original and unusual design with its pattern of projected bosses on the fascia board.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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