60-28 Catalpa Avenue

Ridgewood | built 1909

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

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1909
Paul Stier builds a buff-brick house at 60-28 Catalpa Avenue that keeps its historic door
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Built around 1909 for Paul Stier to designs by Louis Berger & Company, this is one of 23 two-family houses in a single row on Catalpa Avenue. The Renaissance Revival front is buff iron-spot brick with rough-faced gray brick panels under the windows and a rounded bay. The landmarks survey recorded its historic main door and original cornice, with a later metal awning over the entrance.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1925
Elm Avenue is renamed Catalpa Avenue in the borough's street renumbering
This house was built on what was then Elm Avenue. In 1925 the Board of Aldermen renamed most of Ridgewood's streets, part of a plan dating from 1911 to end duplicate street names across Queens. Elm Avenue became Catalpa Avenue, while neighboring streets such as Silver Street and Hughes Street became 68th Road and 68th Avenue.
“Changed street names within the Central Ridgewood Historic District include ... Catalpa Avenue (Elm Avenue), 68th Road (Silver Street)…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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