778 Dawson Street

Longwood | built 1901

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. 778 goes up as part of George F. Johnson's 1897 row of double houses
W.C. Dickerson designed No. 778 and its partner No. 780 among seven semi-detached pairs built in 1897 for George F. Johnson on Dawson Street's east side. The pair copies the houses at Nos. 756-758 Beck Street: rounded bays sit on either side of the central entries and stoops, and second-floor windows carry splayed lintels with paneled keystones.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1979
July 12
Neighbors back landmark status for the block that includes No. 778
On July 12, 1979, a public hearing of the Landmarks Preservation Commission took up the proposed Longwood district, which covered No. 778 Dawson Street. Eleven people spoke in favor, State Senator Mendez among them, and nobody spoke against. The commission also received many letters and much other correspondence backing the proposal.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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