825 Gerard Avenue

also 90 East 158th Street | Concourse Village | built 1928

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

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1928
Young architect Leo Stillman designs 825 Gerard Avenue for the Stanley Building Corp.
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The Stanley Building Corp. filed plans in 1928 for this six-story apartment house at East 158th Street, designed by Leo Stillman. Stillman, born in Russia in 1903, came to the United States in 1906, trained at City College and at the Beaux Arts Institute of Design, and got his start in 1923 drafting for Nathan Rotholz. In the district his only other work is a later addition to the onetime Bronx County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children building.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1928
Polychrome terra cotta with lion shields and twisted columns decorates 825 Gerard Avenue
The beige-brick front carries colorful terra-cotta shields, some with lions, garlands and engaged Solomonic columns, with diamond-patterned brick and blind-arch corbelling at the top. The round-arched entry porch is covered in foliate, urn and shell ornament with rope molding, and terrazzo floors the vestibule. The original front door and its metal screen survive, while the three-over-three sashes seen in the 1940s tax photograph have been replaced.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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