778 Beck Street
Longwood | built 1900
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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.
- 1900
W.C. Dickerson designs 778 Beck Street as the last of fourteen row houses for George F. Johnson
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The east side of Beck Street from No. 752 to No. 778 was built up as a single row of fourteen houses, laid out in seven pairs. Architect W.C. Dickerson drew them in 1900 for the developer George F. Johnson, and No. 778 closes the row, paired with No. 776.
“Nos. 752 - 778 are a row of fourteen houses, designed in seven pairs by W. C. Dickerson in 1900 for George F. Johnson.”
- 1980
Stone siding covers 776-778 Beck Street, though its arched moldings and cornice survive
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Nos. 776 and 778 first matched the angular-bayed design of 724-726, 752-754 and 760-762 Beck Street. By the 1980 designation, the Landmarks Preservation Commission found the pair sheathed in stone siding and quite changed in appearance. Much detail still remained, including the arched moldings, the carved impost bands at the second story and the cornice.
“Covered with stone siding, these houses are quite altered in appearance, although much of the original detail…”
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