59-31 Madison Street

Ridgewood | built 1908

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

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1908
59-31 Madison Street goes up around 1908 as a Renaissance Revival row house by Louis Berger & Company
Built about 1908 under permit NB 42-1908, the house was designed by Louis Berger & Company and first owned by builder John Eisenhauer. Its brick front has a wide stone band over the basement, header brick courses between the lintels and sills, and a decorated frieze under a bracketed cornice with dentils. Alterations include a new stoop and door with sidelights, an aluminum and plexiglass awning, and security grilles over the basement windows; the entrance's bracketed stone hood is gone.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1908
John Eisenhauer, son of a Baden carpenter, builds 59-31 Madison Street
John Eisenhauer (1869-1938) came from Baden, Germany, as a child; his father Nicolas, the head of the family, was a carpenter, and the family lived in Brooklyn by 1880. John was himself working as a carpenter by 1900 and made his home in Ridgewood. He built several houses in what became the historic district, among them the 1907-08 row at 59-15 to 59-35 Madison Street that includes this one, designed by Louis Berger & Company.
“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

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