Seneca-Onderdonk-Woodward Historic District
- Vicinity: Roughly bounded by Woodward, Seneca, Catalpa Aves, and Woodbine St
- Neighborhood of Ridgewood, Queens, NYC in Queens NYC
- Borough of Queens NYC in New York City
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1911/00/00 | Gustav Xavier Mathews | Developer, Builder | The G X Mathews Company is awarded 25 percent of the tenement house certificates issued in the borough of Queens. | |||
1911/00/00 | Gustav Xavier Mathews | Developer | The G X Mathews Company is awarded 25 percent of the tenement house certificates issued in the borough of Queens. | |||
1912/00/00 | Louis Allmendinger | Architect | Finished with amber brick facades with burnt orange brick bases and trim, G X Mathews Company builds Mathews Model Flats, tenement buildings that offer improved sanitation for the residences, 1911-1912. | |||
1915/00/00 | Gustav Xavier Mathews | Developer | The New York City Tenement House Department identifies the Mathews Model Flats as the "most up-to-date method of housing for the masses at a minimum of cost" and other builders began to copy the design. |
Particulars for Seneca-Onderdonk-Woodward Historic District: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Sight Category | Historic District |
Other Description | Mathews Flats |
Historic Use | Multiple dwelling |
Owner | Private |
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