COLLECTION NAME:
The Landmarks Preservation Commission Designation Photo Collection
Record
Landmark Name:
Dorrance Brooks Square Historic District
LP Number:
LP-02651
Landmark Type:
Historic District
Designation Date:
6/15/2021
Image Type:
Designation Photos
Image Date:
6/15/2021
Image Location:
38 Edgecombe Avenue, 40 Edgecombe Avenue, 42 Edgecombe Avenue, 44 Edgecombe Avenue, 46 Edgecombe Avenue
Image Description:
Streetscapes
Address:
46 Edgecombe Avenue (aka 324-328 West 137th Street)
BIN:
1059488
BBL:
1019600063
Borough:
Manhattan
Block:
1960
Lot:
63
Architect or Builder:
William H. Boylan
Date of Construction:
1886
Owner or Developer:
Dore Lyon
Style Primary:
Queen Anne
Material Primary:
Brick
Material Secondary:
Brownstone
Material Tertiary:
Pressed Metal
Use Original:
Residential
Use Other:
Institutional, community center
Building Type:
Row House
Building Type Other:
Community Center
Notes:
This was the location of Brunor's Sanitarium from 1919-22 and the Edgecombe Sanatorium from 1925 until c.1940. In 1919, Dr. Godfrey Nurse (1888-1968), who was later co-founder of the Edgecombe Sanatorium at 46 Edgecombe Avenue, bought 48 Edgecombe Avenue
File Name:
LP2651_943_2021-06-15_38-46EdgecombeAve.JPG
Dorrance Brooks Square Historic District
