772 Dawson Street

Longwood | built 1897

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

1897
Iron-railed gables crown 772 Dawson Street, whose front door has been replaced
No. 772 shares its design with No. 770: rounded bays rising to peaked-roof gables, each fronted by a decorative iron railing that follows the curve of the bay. Arched windows trimmed with stone voussoirs light the gables. When the district was designated, the original front door of No. 772 had been replaced, while the roof shingles on its partner had been renewed.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1898
Developer George Johnson buys the old White estate in Longwood around 1898
Longwood drew real estate speculators only in the late 1890s, once plans for an IRT subway to Manhattan became public; the line opened in 1904 and set off a building boom lasting nearly thirty years. Developer George Johnson purchased the abandoned S.B. White estate around 1898 and developed almost the whole district, running his real estate office with his sons out of the old 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

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