961 East 156th Street

Longwood | built 1889

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

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

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  1. 1889

    No. 961 completes a pair in a Warren C. Dickerson row

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    No. 961 East 156th Street pairs with No. 959 in a row of five residences designed by Warren C. Dickerson for George F. Johnson, dated 1889 in the Longwood report. The row's numbering skips Nos. 955 and 963, and the report lists its last houses as Nos. 963-967, matching the design of Nos. 952-956 across the street.

    “This row of five residences was designed in 1889 by W.C. Dickerson and built for George F . Johnson.”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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