448 East 140th Street

Mott Haven | built 1889

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

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1889
Irish-born builder William O'Gorman designs and builds No. 448
No. 448 is one of the houses William O'Gorman designed himself for the row he developed with partner Hermann Stursberg. O'Gorman had come to New York from Ireland at 17 in 1863 or 1864, worked for the builder Daniel Crimmins, opened an architecture practice in Yorkville in 1866, and shifted his business to the Bronx in 1875, once the 23rd and 24th wards had been annexed.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1890
No. 448 has tenants by the 1890 police census
The 1890 New York City Police census listed residents at No. 448, one of the houses in the first completed group of O'Gorman's row. That group was about two-thirds occupied by then; No. 446 next door also had tenants.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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