59-26 Madison Street

Ridgewood | built 1907

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1. 1907

   59-26 Madison Street rises in one of the first brick rows on the old Meyerrose farm

   59-26 Madison Street is part of 59-22 to 59-30 Madison Street, a 1907 row that the Landmarks Preservation Commission lists among the early masonry rows built on land that had been the Meyerrose family farm. Like neighboring 1907 rows on Putnam Avenue and farther along Madison Street, it was designed by Louis Berger & Company. The commission notes that these rows are plainer than the ones Berger drew in 1906 for builder Ignatz Martin, with flat, smooth window lintels and stone bands set flush with the brick.

   “Other early brick rows, all of which are found on the former Meyerrose farm, include 59-22 to 59-30 Madison Street (1907; John Eisenhauer, builder)…”

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

2. 1907

   Builder John Eisenhauer, son of a German carpenter, puts up 59-26 Madison Street

   The Landmarks Preservation Commission credits John Eisenhauer with the row at 59-22 to 59-30 Madison Street, dated 1907, that includes 59-26 Madison Street. Born in Baden, Germany, in 1869, he emigrated as a child with his family under Nicolas Eisenhauer, a carpenter. By 1880 they were in Brooklyn; John took up his father's trade by 1900 and settled in Ridgewood, apparently for good. He died in 1938 and also built the row at 59-15 to 59-35 Madison Street.

   “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

3. 2014

   Landmarks survey finds the stoop and entrance lintel at 59-26 Madison Street replaced or removed

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   59-26 Madison Street belongs to John Eisenhauer's 1907 row, designed by Louis Berger & Company with flat-arched window lintels, red brick spandrels and stone bands that serve as sills. When the Central Ridgewood Historic District was designated in 2014, its stoop, door and bracketed stone lintel over the entrance had been replaced or removed, and glass-block sidelights and an aluminum awning framed the new door.

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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