776 Dawson Street

Longwood | built 1897

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

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1897
No. 776 rises as half of a Dickerson pair built for George F. Johnson
Architect W.C. Dickerson designed No. 776 with its twin, No. 774, in 1897 as part of seven double houses lining Dawson Street's east side for George F. Johnson. Glass-and-wood double doors sit between Composite pilasters under carved foliate brackets, arched windows light the second story, and a dentilled cornice runs below peaked polygonal roofs over the bays. In 1980 the commission found the pair remarkably intact.
“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
1979
July 12
Neighbors back landmark status for the block that includes No. 776
On July 12, 1979, a public hearing of the Landmarks Preservation Commission took up the proposed Longwood district, which covered No. 776 Dawson Street. Eleven people spoke in favor, State Senator Mendez among them, and nobody spoke against. The district was designated just under a year later, on July 8, 1980.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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