60-86 68th Avenue

Ridgewood | built 1909

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1909
Paul Stier builds 60-86 68th Avenue around 1909
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Paul Stier was the first owner of 60-86 68th Avenue, a two-family house on Block 3533, Lot 18 built around 1909 under new-building application 1920 of that year. Louis Berger & Company prepared the design, a Renaissance Revival front of brick, stone and metal, two stories tall on a basement.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1909
60-86 68th Avenue gets a curved bay and a bracketed cornice with festoons
The house was given a rounded bay of full height, contrasting brick spandrel panels and bands, a projecting metal cornice on brackets with a festoon frieze, and a stone door hood on brackets with a carved triangular pediment. Later work brought a single replacement door with two side panels and a transom, stone treads on the stoop, iron railings on the stair walls and an aluminum awning over the entrance, and the brick was repointed.
“…single replacement door with 2 side panels and transom; door bells on main door frame and on basement door; stone stair treads on stoop…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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