Dwelling

Single-family home

499-517 West 150th Street

499 was demolished and is now a park; remaining buildings converted to multiple dwellings starting in the mid-1920s.

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Property address is recorded in the Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide as 320 Herkimer, which may be a typo. According to the 1883 Brooklyn City Directory, the original owner, Thomas P. Wilkinson, lived at number 78 as early as 1883.

Queen Anne style house, designed by J. C. Cady in 1880. Wilkinson was a paper dealer who lived nearby at 174 Herkimer Street in 1880.

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Former Bishop's Residence (367 Clermont Avenue)

Constructed as the episcopal residence for the Bishop of the Brooklyn Diocese.1 Now LaSalle Hall, a residence hall for students (at Bishop Loughlin HS?).

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559 Bedford Avenue (Edward Smith residence)

Edward Smith was the founder of Smith-Gray

Real Estate Record & Builders Guide, v. 38, no. 959 (July 31, 1886), 989.

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966 Manhattan Avenue

6 family dwelling. Architect and owner have same address (209 Manhattan Avenue). Real estate record and builders' guide: v. 60, no. 1532: July 24, 1897