59-08 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
This house goes up during Paul Stier's busiest years of building in Ridgewood
The Landmarks Preservation Commission counts 481 buildings that Paul Stier developed in the Central Ridgewood Historic District, roughly half of its row houses. Most came in a burst between 1907 and 1909, when he built 392 of them. In 1909 he nearly doubled his holdings by buying a large piece of the neighboring Hulst farm north of Catalpa Avenue.
“His most active years were from 1907 to 1909, when he built 392 of the 481 buildings that he eventually developed within the historic district…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1909
Paul Stier builds 59-08 Catalpa Avenue in beige brick with a full-height rounded bay
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Built about 1909 for Paul Stier under permit NB 1378-1909, this three-story flats building over a basement was designed by Louis Berger & Company. Its beige iron-spot brick front has rough-faced brick panels and string courses, a brownstone basement, and a full-height curved bay. Later alterations include iron stoop railings, a new door frame and an address plaque beside the entrance.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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