879 Macy Place

also 777 Hewitt Place | Longwood | built 1910

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

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

1900
One pediment on three foliate brackets spans both doors of 879 Macy Place
No. 879 pairs with No. 877 in a three-story grey brick double house with limestone trim. A single flat pediment carried on three large foliate brackets runs over both entrances, which have glazed double doors framed in egg-and-dart molding. The first-floor windows mix smooth, rough-finished and carved stonework, and pilasters with Scamozzi capitals frame the upper bay windows.
“Above the door lintels is a flat pediment spanning both entrances and supported on three lar ge foliate bra ckets.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1982
April 13
Neighbors back landmarking for 879 Macy Place at an April 1982 hearing
At an April 13, 1982 hearing, the Landmarks Preservation Commission considered extending the Longwood Historic District to the Macy Place blockfront that includes No. 879. Two people testified in favor and none opposed, and the Commission received several supporting letters. The extension was designated on February 8, 1983.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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