440 East 136th Street

Mott Haven | built 1895

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

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1895
Edward Bertine builds No. 440 as the last of his three rows on East 136th Street
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Developer Edward D. Bertine put up No. 440 in 1895 as one of four Renaissance Revival rowhouses designed by Adolph Balschun Jr. They were the last buildings Bertine erected in what became the historic district, and unlike the district's other rowhouses, each was planned for two families. No. 440 shares a wide common stoop with No. 438, and its tawny Roman brick front has modest limestone trim and a massive bracketed cornice.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1900
Builder George Daily lives at No. 440 with his family and a carpenter boarder
The 1900 census found European-born builder George Daily living at No. 440 East 136th Street. His household included his wife, a son, a daughter and his mother, along with a boarder who worked as a carpenter. Neighbors in the same row included builder Ernest Hammer at No. 434 and real estate agent Alonzo Carr at No. 436.
“440 was home to European-born builder George Daily, his wife, son, daughter, mother, and a boarder (a carpenter)…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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