756 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
George Johnson develops Kelly Street, named for a farmer, Captain Samuel Kelly
George Johnson developed this stretch of Kelly Street in 1899, and the street takes its name from Captain Samuel Kelly, whose farm adjoined Longwood Park in the early 1800s. The east side between East 156th Street and Longwood Avenue was laid out as six semi-detached two-family pairs, Nos. 734 to 756, all designed that year by W.C. Dickerson in mirror image around central entrances.
“The street was named after Captain Samuel Kelly who owned a farm adjoining Longwood Park during the early part of the nineteenth century.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1899
No. 756 ends the Kelly Street row with a flat roof and modillioned cornice
No. 756 is the last house of Dickerson's east-side row and, with its twin at No. 754, stands three stories over a basement. The design combines three-sided bays, arched windows, twisted rope columns and keyed door surrounds, all common in his Longwood work, while the pair's height, flat roof and prominent cornice are more unusual.
“However, the height of the building, the flat roof and the prominent modillioned cornice are more unusual.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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