740 Kelly Street

Longwood | 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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1899
Architect Warren C. Dickerson designs the Kelly Street pair that includes No. 740
No. 740 is half of a three-story double house that Warren C. Dickerson drew in 1899. Born on Long Island in 1853 and trained at the Cooper Institute, Dickerson worked for some years as a carpenter, opened an architecture office in San Diego, later moved to San Francisco, and came back to New York in 1893. He designed nearly all of the Longwood district's houses between 1897 and 1900.
“Warren C. Dickerson, who was born on Long Island in 1853 and educated at the Cooper Institute…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1980
Landmarks survey finds dormers and a parapet added to 740 Kelly Street
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When the Landmarks Preservation Commission described the Longwood district in 1980, it noted that No. 740 and its twin at No. 738 had first been capped by mansard roofs. At No. 740 the roofline had since been changed with pedimented dormers and a parapet, while the modillioned cornice with classical wreaths still crowned the pair.
“…originally capped by mansard roofs. Pedimented dormers and a parapet have been added at No. 740.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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