831 Manida Street
Hunts Point | built 1909
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1908
James F. Meehan designs and builds No. 831 in his west-side Manida Street row
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No. 831 went up in 1908-09 under permit NB 809-1908 as one of 18 semi-detached two-family houses running from No. 819 to No. 861 on the west side of Manida Street. James F. Meehan of the Meehan Building Company was both its developer and its architect. The Landmarks Preservation Commission links the block's construction to the subway's arrival in the Bronx and the factories expected to follow.
- 1920
A family of Italian musicians rents No. 831
According to the 1920 census, a family of Italian musicians was renting No. 831 that year. The Landmarks Preservation Commission notes that the block never became an Italian enclave the way other parts of the Bronx did; its first residents were mostly Russian Jewish families, with several German households and a few Irish and Italian ones.
“…one family of Italian musicians rented a home at 831 Manida Street in 1920.”
- 2020
Landmarks survey finds No. 831 resurfaced, its cornice and gabled parapet replaced
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The commission's survey lists the changes made to No. 831 over the decades. Its brick front has been resurfaced, the stone stoop, double-leaf door and six-over-one wood windows replaced, and the stained-glass transoms swapped out. The bracketed metal cornice, balustrade and metal-clad side-gabled parapet have been replaced, a second story now sits on the old one-story rear extension, and a carport stands at the back of the lot.
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