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November 18, 2008
Elkins House Tax photo
For those who are interested here is the tax photo from around 1940.
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One of the things I love most about this house is the higher ground. It really does feel like you are separated from the surrounds (in a good way).
Posted by: Susan Elkins at November 18, 2008 5:02 PM
Above the hoi polloi!! Thanks Susan for that photo. Its especially nice to se a house with the correct dimmension shutters as opposed to what most people do, improperly measuring for shutters.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at November 18, 2008 5:25 PM
Where do I find "tax photos"? Im wondering what my Vic looked like back in the day.
Posted by: nybk01 at November 18, 2008 5:29 PM
Yeah, where do you find these photos Susan?
Posted by: wasder at November 18, 2008 5:34 PM
http://www.nyc.gov/html/records/html/taxphotos/home.shtml
Posted by: Susan Elkins at November 18, 2008 5:35 PM
I feel I'm "cheating" on my house (that I'm in contract with...engaged to) since I still use the Elkins moniker. I might have to change my Brownstoner name or I will never get over this affair.
Posted by: Susan Elkins at November 18, 2008 5:39 PM
Yup...Im about to drop $50 on a pic of my house from 1940...this better be worth it! Damn!
Posted by: nybk01 at November 18, 2008 5:39 PM
Thanks for this, Susan. I live a few blocks away and walk by here often. It's great to see what it was like in better days. I really dig those cornice windows!
Posted by: East New York at November 18, 2008 5:40 PM
IF you go to the DOB site and find out the block and lot number on your own you can save $:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dob/html/bis/bis.shtml
Posted by: Susan Elkins at November 18, 2008 5:43 PM
That is gorgeous. LOVE the porch. I'm picturing rockers.
Maybe I should re-visit the thoughts of owning this house. Will talk to hubby tonight. I'm trying to figure out which contractor owes us a huge favor.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at November 18, 2008 6:19 PM
"That is gorgeous. LOVE the porch. I'm picturing rockers."
Moi aussi. I can just imagine the members of AC/DC sitting out there with a nice glass of iced tea.
Posted by: Biff Champion at November 18, 2008 6:38 PM
Nice. I'm so glad you posted this. This will greatly help whoever buys this. What a gorgeous home this will once again be.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at November 18, 2008 7:09 PM
When I received the photo of my house it showed those nice canvas awnings over each of the windows, a beautiful old storefront next door and a cable car on the corner.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at November 18, 2008 7:43 PM
Cable cars on Stuyvesant Ave in the 40's? How nice.
Posted by: Susan Elkins at November 18, 2008 8:11 PM
The cable cars ran down Halsey, right DIBS? I think I can see them in my tax photo from 1940. There were no cars parked on the street and you can see the shadow of the light post and photographer, who was wearing a hat that day.
Canvas awnings! Nicer than the red metal ones I "bought" with my house and then disgarded shortly afterwards. They are worse than a "work of art."
Posted by: 11233 at November 18, 2008 9:11 PM
bkny--i just ordered one of my house too. If it is cool I will try to do a then and now type recreation for fun.
Posted by: wasder at November 18, 2008 11:09 PM
what's the original facade? It's not aluminum siding.
Posted by: slick at November 19, 2008 1:03 AM
11233...yes, the cable car was on Halsey.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at November 19, 2008 10:35 AM
wasder -- great idea.
Posted by: z at November 19, 2008 11:53 AM
Looks like wooden clapboard siding, as would have been the original finish. This could be the original finish, there is no reason it couldn't have lasted that long, if it was taken care of.
The LPC report on this house states that it stayed in the Elkins family until the twentieth century, when it was sold to a doctor. He may have been the owner at the time of this photo. After he sold it, it had many subsequent owners.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at November 19, 2008 12:11 PM
I love this house too. I used to walk past it on strolls through the 'hood when I first moved to NYC and rented an apt in Bay Ridge. I read somewhere that this house used to face West towards the water with a long lawn in front, and when the neighborhood started to be built up around it, it was lifted and turned around to face the street.
Posted by: traditionalmod at November 19, 2008 3:19 PM
Thanks Susan, Now I really really love the house. Realtor called my hubby again last night which makes me think there were really no cash offers and they just wanted us to bid higher. My husband has not returned the call as we are still in decision mode (financially).
Posted by: BrookLynn816 at November 20, 2008 10:53 AM
Oh my gosh, I'm a dummy. I didn't see the original HOTD on this house. This isn't the house in Bay Ridge I thought it was.
I looked at the old HOTD thread to see what the house looks like today. Sad. Interestingly the old insurance photo looks like the one in Bay Ridge I mistook it for. That house shows how this house could have been kept up and maintained over the years.
Posted by: traditionalmod at November 20, 2008 12:00 PM
"When I received the photo of my house it showed those nice canvas awnings over each of the windows, a beautiful old storefront next door and a cable car on the corner."
And your mother sucking head on the corner!
The What
Someday Dave Mom is gonna sallow...
Posted by: Return of The What at November 21, 2008 2:01 AM
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