60-41 70th Avenue

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
Paul Stier puts up the porch house at 60-41 70th Avenue
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Built around 1908 under permit 74-1908, this two-family house belongs to Paul Stier's 24-building row on the north side of 70th Avenue, designed by Louis Berger & Company. It was built of brick, stone, wood and iron, with a curved bay rising its full height, an open porch across the front, and a cornice with consoles, swags and egg-and-dart molding. The porch has since been enclosed.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1908
Louis Berger, architect of more than 5,000 local buildings, designs the row
Louis Berger, whose firm designed this house, was born in the Rheinpfalz in 1875, came to America as a boy in 1880 and settled in Ridgewood in 1892. After studying at Pratt Institute and apprenticing with Carrere & Hastings, he opened his own office in Bushwick in 1895. Between 1895 and 1930 he was the architect of record for more than 5,000 buildings in Ridgewood and Bushwick. When Stier and August Bauer formed Bauer & Stier, Inc. in 1910, Berger became its resident architect and secretary-treasurer.
“Berger was known to have been the architect of record for over 5,000 buildings in Ridgewood and Bushwick between 1895 and 1930.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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