787 Dawson Street

Longwood | built 1910

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

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1898
Dickerson designs No. 787 for George F. Johnson on a block that skips three house numbers
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No. 787 is part of the west side of Dawson Street, seven pairs of semi-detached houses that W.C. Dickerson designed for developer George F. Johnson in 1898. The report notes that Nos. 765, 775 and 785 were left out of the street numbering, so the numbers jump from 783 to 787. With No. 789 it forms one of the two pairs that close the row.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1898
Nos. 787-789 rise three stories under a flat roof to hold three families instead of two
Unlike most houses in the Longwood district, this pair and its near twin at Nos. 757-759, at the opposite end of the row, rise three stories above a basement under flat roofs, planned for three families each rather than the usual two. Nos. 787-789 have the double glass doors with transoms seen on many district houses, and in 1980 the commission found the pair in excellent condition.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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