66-73 Forest Avenue

Ridgewood | built 1920

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

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1910
Joseph Meyerrose starts building on his estate with a house like his own mansion
Within a few years of finishing his own house at the corner of Putnam Avenue in 1906, Joseph Meyerrose began building on the 200-by-200-foot parcel around it. His first project was this freestanding house, which resembles his mansion at the corner. The historic district report dates it to about 1910 and attributes it to Louis Berger & Company, with Meyerrose as its possible first owner.
“Meyerrose began to develop more of the property, beginning with a house at 66-73 Forest Avenue, that is similar in appearance to his mansion…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1910
Fluted Ionic pilasters and four arched windows dress a blond brick front
The freestanding house is faced in blond brick, as was its stoop. Rusticated stone lintels on brackets top the first-floor windows, and fluted Ionic pilasters frame the second floor, where four arched windows have rusticated surrounds and fluted keystones. An ornate bracketed cornice crowns the front. A one-story brick garage stands on the lot, and the driveway on the north side is shared with 66-69.
“Special Windows: Four arched windows at second floor…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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