Dr. Maurice T. Lewis House
412 55th Street | also 404 55th Street | Sunset Park | built 1899
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1909
Dr. Lewis, who lives in the house, becomes president of the Bay Ridge Savings Bank
Lewis was among the Bay Ridge men who incorporated the Bay Ridge Savings Bank in 1909, and he served as its president and trustee until he died in 1931, all while living in the house with his wife, daughter and grandchildren. By 1927 the bank had a new headquarters at 5th Avenue and 54th Street and over 40,000 depositors. In August 1929 he returned from out of town to end a two-day run on the bank, backing the bank's solvency with sworn statements from other bankers and a display of cash.
“…the incorporation of the Bay Ridge Savings Bank in 1909 and served as its president and trustee from 1909 until his death in 1931.”
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