755 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
Developer George B. Johnson buys the old White estate as subway plans draw speculators to Longwood
Longwood drew speculators only in the late 1890s, once plans for an IRT subway link between the Bronx and Manhattan became public; the line opened in 1904 and set off a building boom of nearly 30 years. Around 1898 George B. Johnson, who later had this house built, bought the abandoned S. B. White estate and went on to develop virtually the whole district. He and his sons ran their real estate office from the empty White mansion on Beck Street.
“Virtually all of the district was developed by an astute and farsighted developer, George B. Johnson, who bought the abandoned S . B. White estate around 1898.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1899
George Johnson has W.C. Dickerson design the west side of Kelly Street, ending with this pair
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In 1899 the developer George Johnson commissioned Warren C. Dickerson to design the west side of this Kelly Street block as seven pairs of semi-detached houses, Nos. 729 to 755. No. 755 and its partner No. 753 close the row and repeat the design of the three-story pair at Nos. 754-756 directly across the street.
“Nos. 729-755. These houses, like those across the street, were designed in 1899 by W.C. Dickerson for George Johnson.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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