58-34 Catalpa Avenue

Ridgewood | built 1910

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

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1910
Adam Schlachter, a mason with German immigrant parents, designs the store row that includes 58-34
Adam Schlachter (1883-1964), the son of German immigrants who had settled in Bushwick, was the architect of record for the row of store buildings at 58-26 to 58-38 Catalpa Avenue, including this one. City directories and census records list him as a mason. His father, Henry Schlachter (1860-1921), appears in directories as a mason or builder from 1887 and was the row's builder of record.
“Adam Schlachter, the architect of record for one row of houses in the historic district, was born in New York to German immigrants…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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