59-21 Madison Street

Ridgewood | built 1907

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

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1907
Ridgewood carpenter John Eisenhauer builds 59-21 Madison Street as part of a long brick row
59-21 Madison Street (tax lot 66) belongs to the row from 59-15 to 59-35 Madison Street that John Eisenhauer put up in 1907-08 to plans by Louis Berger & Company. Eisenhauer (1869-1938) was born in Baden, Germany, and came to America as a boy with his family, led by his carpenter father Nicolas. The family lived in Brooklyn by 1880, John was working as a carpenter himself by 1900, and he made Ridgewood his home for the rest of his life.
“Eisenhauer built the rows at 59-22 to 59-30 Madison Street (1907) and 59-15 to 59-35 Madison Street (1907-08), all designed by Louis Berger & Company.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1907
59-21 Madison Street keeps its historic cast-iron railings and possibly its original stoop
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Louis Berger & Company designed this two-story brick and stone row house for John Eisenhauer under permit 2232 of 1907. The landmarks profile counts historic cast-iron railings, newel posts and a gate, along with a stoop that may be original, a wide stone band over the basement windows and a bracketed, denticulated cornice. The stone hood above the entrance has since been removed, and a new door with glass-block sidelights and an aluminum awning has been added.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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