450 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
No. 450 is completed in O'Gorman and Stursberg's East 140th Street row
William O'Gorman and Hermann Stursberg built No. 450, a two-story-and-basement house, as one of 51 brick rental houses running the full length of the south side of East 140th Street between Willis and Brook avenues. O'Gorman drew the neo-Grec design himself, nearly the same as a row the partners finished on East 139th Street three years later.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1960
No. 450 becomes the row's last house when its neighbors fall for P.S. 40
In the 1960s, Nos. 452 to 506 East 140th Street, the eastern part of O'Gorman's row, were torn down to make room for P.S. 40 and its playground. That left No. 450 as the easternmost survivor; the historic district's boundary runs along its eastern property line.
“Nos. 452 to 506 were demolished in the 1960s for the construction of P.S. 40 and its playground…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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