57-23 Catalpa Avenue

Ridgewood | built 1913

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

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1913
Brooklyn architect Louis Allmendinger designs 57-23 Catalpa Avenue
Louis Allmendinger, who drew 57-23 for builder Charles Fritz in 1913, was born in Brooklyn in 1878, the son of a German-immigrant brewer, and studied at the Cooper Union. He designed 149 of the 167 Mathews tenements in the district. His other work includes the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Our Lord in Brooklyn and, with partner M. Allen Schlendorf, the J. Kurtz & Sons Store in Queens.
“Allmendinger (1878-1937) was born in Brooklyn to a German-immigrant beer brewer in 1878. A graduate of the Cooper Union…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1913
57-23 Catalpa Avenue keeps its original areaway fence and gate
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Part of a three-building permit, NB 301-13, filed by Charles Fritz, the building has a pale yellow brick front with a carved limestone door surround and a bracketed hood. Its areaway fence and gate are historic and its cornice is painted green. The facade has been cleaned and repointed, the upper windows replaced in vinyl, the stoop rebuilt in concrete, and the water table painted orange.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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