413 Westervelt Avenue, Horton's Row

413 Westervelt Avenue | St. George | built 1882

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

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1882
Artist Frederick S. Cozzens lives and works at No. 10 of the new Horton's Row
Horton's Row first appears in the 1882-83 Trow's and Webb's directories, and among its early residents was the artist Frederick S. Cozzens, who both lived and worked here at No. 10, today's 413. Edward Alfred Sargent, one of Staten Island's most notable architects of the late 19th century, lived three doors away at No. 7.
“Frederick S. Cozzens, an artist who lived and worked at No. 10 (No. 413).”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1913
Flora B. Lederman buys No. 413, and her family moves in by 1920
Flora B. Lederman bought this house in 1913. She and her husband Albert, a German-born electrical contractor, were living at No. 415 with their children in 1915, had moved into No. 413 by 1920 and were at No. 417 by 1925. The family held Nos. 411 through 417 until 1960.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
2009
September 15
The city designates 413 Westervelt, one of Horton's Row's four intact houses, a landmark
The Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the house on September 15, 2009, having first held a hearing on it in October 1991. Built around 1880-82, the red brick houses have neo-Grec cornices with dentils and brackets, angled bay windows and full-width porches, and they step up the slope one after another.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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