471 East 140th Street

Mott Haven | built 1902

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

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

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  1. 1901

    Neville & Bagge design No. 471 for developers Gaines, Roberts & Co.

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    No. 471 is one of four five-story New Law tenements at Nos. 465 to 481 designed by Thomas P. Neville's firm, Neville & Bagge, under a 1901 application, for Gaines, Roberts & Co., headed by Furman V. Gaines and Hugh L. Roberts. The steam-heated buildings, with tan brick fronts trimmed in limestone, followed the Tenement Law of 1901, which required hot water, heat and electricity.

    “The first group (Nos. 465 to 481) was designed by Thomas P. Neville of the firm of Neville & Bagge…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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