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55 Hope Street

Enlarged in 1928. Information from October, 2007 EAS prepared by Wall & Associates, Inc., 330 West 42nd Street.

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W. L. Stoddart

Note: Wikipedia contains an extensive list of Stoddart buildings, focused primarily on his hotel projects (along with a brief bio).

55 Hope Street (1907)
G. Siegel Color Works (1906)

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Norwood Building

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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

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Ascension P. E. Church Sunday School

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Real Estate Record & Builders' Guide, v. 51, no. 1314 (May 20, 1893): 819. John Kelley, owner of National Meter Co., the founding president of the Eighth Ward Bank (founded in 1893). In 1891, Beers designed the nearby National Meter Co. factory at First Avenue and 42nd Street.

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National Meter Company

National Meter was founded in New York in 1870 by John C. Kelley (April 17, 1839 - January 24, 1914). In 1879, Lewis H. Nash, an engineer for National, developed the Crown water meter, which revolutionized the water meter industry and led to widespread adoption of water meters.