59-19 68th Road
Ridgewood | built 1911
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1911
Ignatz Martin builds 59-19 68th Road to designs by Louis Berger & Company
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Builder Ignatz Martin was the original owner of 59-19 68th Road, a c. 1911 two-family house filed under new-building application NB 5-1911 with Louis Berger & Company as architects. The two-story Renaissance Revival house has a full-height rounded bay, incised stone lintels, windows linked by rough stone courses, a door hood with a decorative frieze on stone brackets, and a deep metal cornice with festoons.
- 2014
Survey notes a rebuilt stoop and flagpole mount at 59-19 68th Road
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The Landmarks Preservation Commission's December 2014 report on the Central Ridgewood Historic District found 59-19 68th Road with its original cornice but a stoop rebuilt in brick and stone with iron railings. Other changes included an aluminum awning over the main door, an address sign beside it, a flagpole mount, utility meters and repointed brickwork.
“…stoop rebuilt with brick and stone and iron stair railings; electrical wires and conduit; utility meter; flag pole mount…”
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