57-22 Catalpa Avenue

Ridgewood | built 1909

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

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1909
57-22 Catalpa Avenue borrows the Mathews Model Flats plan on a 25-foot lot
The six-family tenements Henry Schlachter built on this side of Catalpa Avenue in 1909 borrow the layout of the Mathews Model Flats, with central courtyards shared between buildings to bring in light and air. The commission notes that they are only 25 feet wide and give each apartment four rooms and a hall instead of the five-room Mathews arrangement.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1909
57-22 Catalpa Avenue keeps its cast-iron door hood and wood-grain doors
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Designed by Louis Berger & Co. for Henry Schlachter in 1909, the building has a pale yellow brick front, a bracketed cast-iron hood over the entry and paired wood-and-glass doors finished to look like wood grain. By the time of the commission's survey the facade had been cleaned and repointed, the cornice painted dark grey, and the windows replaced in vinyl.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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