60-02 Madison Street

Ridgewood | built 1908

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

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

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  1. 1908

    James Morrison commissions a two-story house from architect John H. Vandervegt Jr.

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    Built about 1908 under permit 1480-1908, this two-story brick house with a basement was put up for its original owner, James Morrison. Its architect was John H. Vandervegt Jr. The Commission notes an angled projecting bay, a bracketed stone hood over the entrance and a decorated frieze under a bracketed cornice; the stoop has since been altered and an awning now covers the entrance.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 1908

    Ridgewood doctor's son John H. Vandervegt Jr. designs the house

    The architect, John H. Vandervegt Jr. (1883-1946), was born in New York to German immigrant parents. His father, also named John H. Vandervegt, was a physician whose practice stood on Forest Avenue in Ridgewood by 1900, and the family lived in Ridgewood too. Census records sometimes listed the son as a building contractor. The report's list of architects names this house as his only work in the district.

    “John H. Vandervegt, Jr. (1883-1946) 60-02 Madison Street (1908) Architect John H. Vandervegt, Jr. was born in New York to German immigrants.”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  3. 1908

    The district report counts the house among the few built outside its row-house groups

    Apart from its rows, the Central Ridgewood district holds a few houses of other kinds. The designation report names 60-02 Madison Street (1908, John H. Vandervegt Jr.) alongside a cement block house, a brownstone-fronted house and another brick house, all on 69th Avenue. It notes that each of them resembles the neighboring row houses in height, width and ornament.

    “60-02 Madison Street (1908; John H. Vandervegt, Jr.). All of these houses are similar to the surrounding row houses in terms of height, width, and ornament.”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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