311 East 140th Street

Mott Haven | built 1874

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

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1874
A small two-story house for J. B. Swift stands finished on East 140th Street
This two-story house was put up for J. B. Swift and was already complete by 1874, according to the Landmarks Preservation Commission. It is a plain example of the vernacular building of its time, with segmental-arched windows topped by small corniced lintels. Its roof cornice, resting on console brackets, struck the commission as slightly oversized for so modest a house, though still an attractive feature.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1969
July 29
Landmarks report urges restoring the altered stoop of 311 East 140th Street
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When the Mott Haven Historic District was designated on July 29, 1969, the commission's report singled out one change to this house: its stoop had been altered with brick wing walls and a wooden vestibule. The report said that bringing the stoop back to its original form would improve the house enormously. The building lies at the western edge of the district, whose boundary follows its rear building line and part of its western property line.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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