406 East 140th Street

Mott Haven | built 1889

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1889
O'Gorman and Stursberg complete No. 406, the taller end house of their East 140th Street row
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No. 406 anchors the west end of a 51-house neo-Grec row that William O'Gorman designed and built with Hermann Stursberg along the south side of East 140th Street, filed in 1887. Unlike its two-story neighbors it rises three stories over a basement, with an angled bay projecting on its west side. The first group of houses, Nos. 406 to 484, was finished in January 1889.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1897
Developer William O'Gorman lives at No. 406 before moving across the street
Builder William O'Gorman, who in 1890 had lived with his wife Julia and their children at 252 Willis Avenue, seems to have made his home at No. 406 for some part of the years 1897 to 1900. In 1900 he moved to 427 East 140th Street, in the new row across the street on the north side. The 1897 building records name the row's owner as a William O'Gorman living at 662 East 140th Street, the house's old number, perhaps meaning his son.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1921
No. 406 becomes a two-family house, then a multiple dwelling
Department of Buildings records show that the house at 406 East 140th Street, built as a single-family rental, became a two-family house in 1921. By 1940 it was housing several families as a multiple dwelling. Another house in the row, No. 428, was turned into a two-family home in 1953.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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