May have been a builder in partnership with Wright (Wright & Brook, builders).
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Source: Real Estate Record & Builders' Guide (vol. 14, no 337, August 29, 1874), 147.
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Four identical buildings at this location; 224 Hewes Street may be a fourth building in this development.
Source: Real Estate Record & Builders' Guide (vol. 14, no 337, August 29, 1874), 147.
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Source: Real Estate Record & Builders' Guide (vol. 14, no 337, August 29, 1874), 146.
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Source: Real Estate Record & Builders' Guide (vol. 14, no 338, September 5, 1874), 164.
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Source: Real Estate Record & Builders' Guide (vol. 14, no 338, September 5, 1874), 164.
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Architect listed as "B. Gallagho", assumed to be Gallagher (an active architect in the Eastern District).
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The Lignum Chemical Company was founded by Edward Goett in 1886. The building shown in the 1911 letterhead was probably constructed between 1905 and 1911, and was destroyed by a fire in November 1913.
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The Meeker Avenue Bridge was a steel truss bridge that spanned Newtown Creek. The bridge opened on August 23, 1939 and replaced an earlier swing bridge that connected Greenpoint to Maspeth. The cost of construction was between $6 million and $13 million.