Cover Photograph: 57-17 to 57-27 Catalpa Avenue (Louis Allmendinger, 1913). Christopher D. Brazee, October 2010. Ridgewood South Historic District Designation Report Essay researched and written by Tara Harrison Building Profiles by Tara Harrison Assisted by Olivia Klose Edited by Mary Beth Betts, Director of Research Photographs by Christopher D. Brazee, Tara Harrison, and Olivia Klose Map by Jennifer L. Most Commissioners Robert B. Tierney, Chair Pablo E. Vengoechea, Vice-Chair Frederick Bland Christopher Moore Diana Chapin Margery Perlmutter Joan Gerner Elizabeth Ryan Roberta Brandes Gratz Roberta Washington Kate Daly, Executive Director Mark Silberman, Counsel Sarah Carroll, Director of Preservation TABLE OF CONTENTS RIDGEWOOD SOUTH HISTORIC DISTRICT MAP ...................................... FACING PAGE 1 TESTIMONY AT THE PUBLIC HEARING ................................................................................ 1 RIDGEWOOD SOUTH HISTORIC DISTRICT BOUNDARIES ................................................ 1 SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................... 2 THE HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE RIDGEWOOD SOUTH HISTORIC DISTRICT ..................................................................................................... 4 FINDINGS AND DESIGNATION .............................................................................................. 25 BUILDING PROFILES ................................................................................................................ 27 Catalpa Avenue – 57-17 to 57-33 ........................................................................................... 27 Catalpa Avenue – 57-14 to 57-34 ........................................................................................... 30 Catalpa Avenue – 58-15 to 58-25 ........................................................................................... 35 Cornelia Street – 1811 to 1833 ............................................................................................... 40 Cornelia Street – 1820 to 1834 ............................................................................................... 45 Cornelia Street – 1851 to 1895 ............................................................................................... 48 Cornelia Street – 1852 to 1896 ............................................................................................... 56 Madison Street – 1819 to 1831 ............................................................................................... 63 Madison Street – 1820 to 1836 ............................................................................................... 66 Madison Street – 1851 to 1885 ............................................................................................... 70 Madison Street – 1852 to 1896 ............................................................................................... 78 Onderdonk Avenue – 752 ....................................................................................................... 86 Onderdonk Avenue – 751 to 769 ........................................................................................... 86 Onderdonk Avenue – 754 to 770 ............................................................................................ 86 Onderdonk Avenue – 775 to 793 ............................................................................................ 87 Onderdonk Avenue – 776 to 792 ............................................................................................ 87 Onderdonk Avenue – 801 to 819 ............................................................................................ 87 Onderdonk Avenue – 802 to 820 ............................................................................................ 87 Onderdonk Avenue – 853 to 871 ............................................................................................ 87 Onderdonk Avenue – 852 to 876 ............................................................................................ 90 Onderdonk Avenue – 902 to 908 ............................................................................................ 91 Putnam Avenue – 1819 to 1835 .............................................................................................. 91 Putnam Avenue – 1820 to 1834 .............................................................................................. 95 Putnam Avenue – 1851 to 1883 .............................................................................................. 98 Putnam Avenue – 1852 to 1884 ............................................................................................ 106 Woodbine Street – 1813 to 1835 .......................................................................................... 115 Woodbine Street – 1820 to 1832 .......................................................................................... 120 Woodbine Street – 1852 to 1866 .......................................................................................... 123 Woodward Avenue – 768 to 770 .......................................................................................... 127 Woodward Avenue – 778 to 788 .......................................................................................... 127 Woodward Avenue – 804 to 818 .......................................................................................... 127 Woodward Avenue – 854 to 880 .......................................................................................... 127 ILLUSTRATIONS ..................................................................................................................... 133 v A 8 6 Fairview Av d R 8 6 Ridgewood South Historic District F or Ridgewood South es t A Historic District d v R Borough of Queens, NY 8 6 Landmarks Preservation Commission Calendared: April 14, 2009 Public Hearing: September 15, 2009 Woodward Av 1 1 3 Designated: October 26, 2010 8 8 8 768 5 880 5 9 9 8 9 8 6 1 6 1 8 8 8 1 1 8 2 Boundary of Historic District 5 2 Tax Map Lots in Historic District - 8 5 t t S t t S v v S o S A t e A t a n a n i 1 i l e v o p 8 m Manhv attan l b e 6 s A a A i m a d n 6 l t n r 9 d 9 o t a a o 66 a o u C P C M P W Queens v v A A 9 0 6 7 Brooklyn 751 871 Onderdonk Av 5 862 7 752 - 3 4 9 Existing Historic Districts 2 8 1 Ridgewood South Historic District ¯ 1 8 7 1 1 1 2 1 9 8 8 v - 8 0 9 1 2 7 2 A 2 1 8 0 5 0 0 e 8 1 tl 1 yr 5 M 7 - 1 1 3 1 4 1 8 8 1 1 Seneca Av t S e r t t n S e v d A C l le t e r i 200 y f M r Feet i ¯ e Graphic 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Date: October 26, 2010. Author: Landmarks Preservation Commission, JLM. W t t S S k k c c o o c c n a n H a H Landmarks Preservation Commission October 26, 2010, Designation List 434 LP-2348 TESTIMONY AT THE PUBLIC HEARING On September 15, 2009 the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a public hearing on the proposed designation of the Ridgewood South Historic District (Public Hearing Item No. 1). The hearing had been duly advertised in accordance with the provisions of law. Five people spoke in favor of designation, including representatives of State Senator Joseph P. Addabbo, the Ridgewood Local Development Corporation/Myrtle Avenue Business Improvement District, the Ridgewood Property Owners and Civic Association, the Historic Districts Council, and the New York Landmarks Conservancy. Also, a letter of support was received from Queens Borough President Helen M. Marshall. RIDGEWOOD SOUTH HISTORIC DISTRICT BOUNDARIES The Ridgewood South Historic District consists of the property bounded by a line beginning at the southwest corner of Woodward and Catalpa Avenues, extending south along the western curbline of Catalpa Avenue across Onderdonk Avenue to the southern curbline of Onderdonk Avenue, easterly across Catalpa Avenue and the southern curbline of Onderdonk Avenue to a line extending northerly from the eastern (rear) property line of 57-34 Catalpa Avenue, southerly along said line and the eastern (rear) property lines of 57-34 through 57-14 Catalpa Avenue, westerly along the southern property line of 57-14 Catalpa Avenue to the eastern curbline of Catalpa Avenue, northerly along said eastern curbline of Catalpa Avenue to a line extending easterly across Catalpa Avenue from the southern property line of 57-17 Catalpa Avenue, westerly along said line and the southern property lines of 57-17 Catalpa Avenue and 18-20 Cornelia Street to the western curbline of Cornelia Street, southerly along said western curbline of Cornelia Street to a line extending easterly from the southern property line of 18-11 Cornelia Street, westerly along said line and the southern property line of 18-11 Cornelia Street to the western (rear) property line of 18-11 Cornelia Street, northerly along said western (rear) property line of 18-11 Cornelia Street and the western (rear) property lines of 18-11 through 18-15 Cornelia Street to the southern property line of 18-20 Putnam Avenue, western along said southern property line of 18-20 Putnam Avenue and the southern property lines of 18-19 Putnam Avenue, 18-20 and 18-19 Madison Street, and 18-20 Woodbine Street to the western curbline of Woodbine Street, southerly along said western curbline of Woodbine Street to a line extending easterly from the southern property line of 18-13 Woodbine Street, westerly along said line and the southern property line of 18-13 Woodbine Street, northerly along the