784 Dawson Street

Longwood | built 1920

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

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1897
George F. Johnson builds No. 784 in a row of seven double houses on the east side of Dawson Street
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In 1897 developer George F. Johnson put up seven pairs of semi-detached houses on the east side of Dawson Street between East 156th Street and Longwood Avenue, numbered 762 through 788 and all designed by W.C. Dickerson. No. 784 forms a pair with No. 782, one of several different house designs Dickerson used along the row.
“Nos. 762-788. 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
1897
Swan's-neck pediments and urn-topped stone posts frame the doors of Nos. 782-784
The Landmarks Preservation Commission called the door frames of this pair unusual. Tall stone projections with small urns stand beside the transoms, and carved swan's-neck pediments topped by anthemions sit over the entrances. The houses have three-sided angular bays with low polygonal roofs, slender colonnettes at the upper windows, and a metal cornice decorated with classical swags.
“Elongated stone projections topped by small urns flank the entry transom lights, and elaborate, foliated swan's neck pediments capped by carved anthemions crown the doors.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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