949 East 156th 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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1897
Dickerson designs No. 949 as the freestanding end house of George F. Johnson's row
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W.C. Dickerson designed No. 949 in 1897 for George F. Johnson as one of two freestanding houses closing the ends of a row of eight two-family houses, with No. 931 at the other end. The pairs between them are semi-detached. The row is among the earliest Dickerson houses in the Longwood district.
“Nos. 931 and 949 East 156th Street terminate the row, and are free-standing, single structures in contrast to the semi-detached pairs that they flank.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1980
The landmark report notes No. 949's corner tower and its lost cornice
No. 949 mirrors No. 931, rising over a high basement with a narrow round corner tower under a steep conical roof and carved foliate bands framing the entry. When the Longwood Historic District was designated in 1980, the original cornice of No. 949 had been replaced by metal sheathing and a contemporary door had replaced the original.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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