423 East 136th Street

Mott Haven | built 1893

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

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1900
Minister George F. W. Birch and his wife Louisa keep two servants at 423
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The 1900 census found a clergyman, George F.W. Birch, heading the household at No. 423. Living with him were his wife, Louisa, his sister-in-law and two servants, a German immigrant and a native New Yorker. Other heads of household in the six-house row that year included a tobacco broker from England, a German-born coal dealer and a railroad lighterage superintendent.
“…at No. 423, minister George F.W. Birch, his wife Louisa, sister-in-law, and two servants -- one from Germany and the other born in New York…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1994
Holy Cross Baptist Church occupies the rowhouse at 423 when the block is landmarked
When the Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the Bertine Block Historic District, the Holy Cross Baptist Church occupied No. 423. By then most of the house's windows had new sash, though the arched one-over-one wood sash on the parlor floor appeared to be original.
“At the time of designation, No. 423 was home to the Holy Cross Baptist Church.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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