778 Onderdonk Avenue

also 1836 Madison Street | Ridgewood | built 1913

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

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1913
Louis Allmendinger designs the Madison Street corner flats for developer G. X. Mathews
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This building at the corner of Madison Street and Onderdonk Avenue went up in 1913 under permit NB 1007-13, the end unit of a seven-building row running from 1820 to 1836 Madison Street. Louis Allmendinger was the architect and G. X. Mathews the developer, and the design mixes Renaissance and Romanesque Revival details: pale yellow brick over an amber base, arched amber lintels, and a cornice with swags and cartouches. Its long side on Onderdonk Avenue is nine bays wide.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
2010
Landmarks survey finds the corner store bricked in but rear storefront cornices intact
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When the Landmarks Preservation Commission surveyed the Ridgewood South Historic District, it found that this building's corner storefront had been replaced with brick infill holding a door and a window. Pressed-metal cornices from the original rear storefront on Onderdonk Avenue were still in place, as were two historic metal fire escapes. The upper floors had aluminum and vinyl replacement windows, and a security camera watched the corner.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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