59-21 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
59-21 68th Road goes up as a twin of Ignatz Martin's house next door
No new-building application has been found for 59-21 68th Road, but the Landmarks Preservation Commission attributes the c. 1911 two-family house to Louis Berger & Company, with Ignatz Martin as its possible first owner. It was originally identical to the adjacent house, which Berger designed and Martin built. It is two stories over a basement, with a full-height rounded bay, stone water table and a deep metal cornice with modillions and festoons.
“Building was originally identical in design to adjacent building designed by Louis Berger & Company and built by Ignatz Martin; no NB found…”
- 2014
Survey finds the door hood shaved off 59-21 68th Road
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By the time Central Ridgewood was designated a historic district in December 2014, the hood over the main door of 59-21 68th Road had been shaved and a metal-and-glass awning hung over the doorway. The stoop had been rebuilt in brick and stone with iron railings and the facade repointed, though the original metal cornice survived.
“Alterations: Metal-and-glass awning over main door; over door hood shaved…”
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