782 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. 782 gets swan's-neck pediments over its doors in Dickerson's 1897 design
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Built in 1897 for George F. Johnson as half of a Dickerson pair with No. 784, No. 782 has angular bays under low polygonal roofs and unusual doorways: slim stone projections topped by small urns beside the transoms, and carved swan's-neck pediments crowned by anthemions. Slender colonnettes flank the upper windows and a metal cornice with swags caps the house. The report compares the doorways of Nos. 761-763 across the street to these.
“Nos. 782-784 Dawson Street have three-sided angular bays and low polygonal roofs and are distinguished by unusual door enframements.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1979
July 12
Neighbors back landmark status for the block that includes No. 782
On July 12, 1979, a public hearing of the Landmarks Preservation Commission took up the proposed Longwood district, which covered No. 782 Dawson Street. Eleven people spoke in favor, State Senator Mendez among them, and nobody spoke against. The district was designated a year later, on July 8, 1980.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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