741 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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1899
Dickerson gives 741 Kelly Street pointed roofs, a high stoop and arched windows
No. 741 and its partner at No. 743 were designed by W.C. Dickerson in 1899 for George Johnson, following the same design as the houses at 724-736 Beck Street. The 1980 landmarks report called the pair handsome and a showcase of the elements Dickerson combined most often: pointed roofs, high stoops, arched windows and carved stone. Apart from a replacement front door at No. 741, everything original was still in place.
“With the exception of a new door at No. 741, the original elements are completely intact.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1904
The new IRT subway sets off the building boom around 741 Kelly Street
Longwood stayed largely rural until the late 1890s, when published plans for an IRT subway link between the Bronx and Manhattan drew speculators to the area where 741 Kelly Street stands. The line was completed in 1904, and according to the landmarks commission it set off a building boom in the neighborhood that continued for close to thirty years.
“Completed in 1904, the subway line stimulated a building boom that was to last for nearly thirty years.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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