739 Kelly Street

Longwood | built 1899

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

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1898
George B. Johnson, the developer behind 739 Kelly Street, buys the abandoned White estate
Virtually all of the Longwood district, including 739 Kelly Street, was developed by George B. Johnson, who purchased the abandoned estate of S. B. White in about 1898. Johnson and his sons ran a profitable real estate office out of the empty White mansion. By 1980 that house had been completely altered and served as the Patrolman P. Lynch center.
“George B. Johnson, who bought the abandoned S. B. White estate around 1898. Johnson and his sons operated their lucrative real estate office…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1899
Dickerson designs 739 Kelly Street for George Johnson in a pair that survives essentially unaltered
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No. 739 belongs to the row of seven semi-detached pairs on the west side of Kelly Street that W.C. Dickerson designed in 1899 for developer George Johnson. Paired with No. 737, it repeats a design found at 767-769 Dawson Street. In 1980 the commission found the pair essentially unaltered, keeping its scalloped roof shingles, window grilles, double doors, iron gates and fences despite some worn stone trim.
“The original scallopped roof shingles, window grills, double doors, iron gates and fences, and a finial at No. 737 are all intact…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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