762 Dawson Street

Longwood | built 1897

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1. 1897

   George F. Johnson builds 762 Dawson Street as one of seven semi-detached pairs by W.C. Dickerson

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   No. 762 is part of a group of seven pairs of semi-detached houses on the east side of Dawson Street, between East 156th Street and Longwood Avenue, that W.C. Dickerson designed for developer George F. Johnson in 1897. The 762-764 pair is the first of the group in street order.

   “Nos. 762-788. Designed by W.C. Dickerson, this group of seven pairs of semi-detached residences was built for George F. Johnson in 1897.”

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

2. 1897

   Warren C. Dickerson, a carpenter turned architect back from California, designs 762 Dawson Street

   Nearly every house in the Longwood district, this one included, came from the office of Warren C. Dickerson between 1897 and 1900. Born on Long Island in 1853 and trained at the Cooper Institute, he worked as a carpenter before running architecture offices in San Diego and then San Francisco. He came back to New York in 1893, and an 1899 trade history praised his large practice in residences and apartment houses.

   “…architect, Warren C. Dickerson, who was born on Long Island in 1853 and educated at the Cooper Institute…”

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

3. 1980

   762 Dawson Street survives nearly unchanged with its rough-cut Romanesque arches

   Nos. 762-764 share a design with 774-776: two and a half stories over a high basement, a central stoop between three-sided angular bays, Composite pilasters and carved foliate brackets at the doors, and heavy rough-cut stone arches in the Romanesque Revival manner. Only the roof shingles of No. 764 had been replaced when the Landmarks Preservation Commission described the pair in 1980.

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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