60-43 68th Road

Ridgewood | built 1910

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1. 1909

   Paul Stier builds 60-43 68th Road to plans by Louis Berger & Company

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   This two-family house went up around 1909 for owner Paul Stier under new-building permit NB 1923-1909, which also covered 60-45 and 60-47, with Louis Berger & Company as architects. The Renaissance Revival front has a full-height curved bay, a molded stone door hood carried on brackets and a projecting metal cornice whose frieze bears festoons; the 2014 survey counts three stories. The tall stoop has since been rebuilt in brick and stone with iron railings, and a non-historic one-story garage, reached by a concrete driveway, stands at the back of the lot.

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

2. 1909

   Paul Stier, Ridgewood's biggest builder, adds this house to his rows

   Stier was born in Mecklenburg, Germany, in 1874 and came to America alone in 1891 as a teenager, first working as a mason's apprentice among relatives in Buffalo. After moving to the Ridgewood area in 1902 he turned out brick row houses in large numbers, becoming Ridgewood's largest single developer and one of the city's biggest building operators. He put up about half of the row houses in what is now the historic district, and his busiest years were 1907 to 1909, when he built 392 of his 481 buildings there; nearby Stier Place carries his name.

   “His most active years were from 1907 to 1909, when he built 392 of the 481 buildings that he eventually developed within the historic district.”

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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• 60-41 68th Road1 entry
• 60-45 68th Road2 entries
• 60-47 68th Road2 entries
• 60-39 68th Road1 entry
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• 60-35 68th Road1 entry

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