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Westchester Avenue and East 167th Street image

Westchester Avenue and East 167th Street
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Looking northeast along, Westchester Avenue at East 167th Street, April 26, 1938. The elevated structure in the distance is the IRT Pelham Bay line as crosses over the Bronx River, above Westchester Avenue.
936 East 169th Street image

936 East 169th Street
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East 167th Street adjacent to the northwest corner of Simpson Street, 1942. On this block the only building still standing is the four-story brick structure at the far right. Both the large apartment house on the next corner and the small mansard roof structure mid-block have been razed and not replaced.
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church image

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
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Holy Trinity Church, 1938. Constructed for the Free Magyar Reform Church, a Hungarian-speaking congregation in 1909, this church sits on a triangular lot. The apse of the building (the recess that usually includes the altar) is here at the narrowest point of the lot at the corner. A delightful, slim, polygonal cupola tops the variegated brickwork church. Later the Thompson & Frohling-designed building became the home of the Trinity Lutheran Church, as is depicted in this 1938 photograph. In the mid-1950s the church was sold to an A.M.E. Zion Church. In 1978 it was renamed for Dorothy L. Jordan Walls, wife of AMEZ Bishop. Mother Walls Church celebrated their 50th anniversary at this home in 2005.
Vyse Mansion image

Vyse Mansion
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Vyse Mansion, ca. 1893. Described as "one of the Bronx's most attractive homes" the Vyse Mansion was surrounded on all sides by tall two-story Corinthian columns that created a first floor piazza and a second floor porch. According to an 1886 'History of Westchester County' (this area was Westchester at that point), the home was erected by a wealthy Irish linen merchant named Thomas Richardson and later owned by its namesake, a T.A Vyse. The large estate was known as "a model of rural beauty" with grottos, aviaries, statues, and conservatories. A 'History of the Bronx' published in 1906 states the mansion was demolished "a few years ago" and had been replaced by a number of houses.
FDNY Engine 82 image

FDNY Engine 82
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FDNY Engine 82, early 20th century wagon.
Hunt Inn image

Hunt Inn
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Hunt Inn (also called Fox Farm House), ca. 1890. Bryant Avenue, west side, from Westchester Avenue to East 167th Street, showing the Hunt Inn which was erected in 1666. It stood in rear of the Foxhurst Mansion on the grounds bounded by the triangle of Westchester Ave., West Farms Road and East 167th Street. It was a prominent rendezvous of British officers during the American War for Independence. The home was destroyed in a fire on Easter Sunday 1892.

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1234 Simpson Street image

1234 Simpson Street

1234 & 1236 Simpson Street, Bronx, undated (ca. April 1917).
1247 Simpson Street image

1247 Simpson Street

1247 Simpson Street, Bronx, May 13, 1915. Photographed for Joseph P. Day.
Freeman's Theatre image

Freeman's Theatre

Theaters, Freeman's Theatre. Looking from the stage towards the seats in Freeman's Theatre, on Freeman Street in the Bronx.
1300 Intervale Avenue image

1300 Intervale Avenue

Bronx: Intervale Avenue - Freeman Street 1300 Intervale Ave. (right), at the S.E. corner of Freeman Street. The house was built in 1898. About 1915. W. D. Hassler.
1300 Intervale Avenue image

1300 Intervale Avenue

1300 Intervale Avenue, southeast corner of Intervale and Freeman Street, Bronx, May 10, 1915. Photographed for Joseph P. Day.
1242 Intervale Avenue image

1242 Intervale Avenue

1242 Intervale Avenue, Bronx, March 17, 1916. Photographed for Joseph P. Day.
1301 Intervale Avenue image

1301 Intervale Avenue

Bronx: Freeman Street - Intervale Avenue Freeman St. & Intervale Ave. n.w. cor. 9-5-1942 P.L. Sperr
1173 Fox Street image

1173 Fox Street

Bronx: Intervale Avenue - Fox Street 1242 Intervale Ave., east side, at its junction with Fox Street. The building also bears No. 1173 on the latter street. 1914\.
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church image

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church

Vyse Mansion image

Vyse Mansion

FDNY Engine 82 image

FDNY Engine 82

FDNY Engine 82 image

FDNY Engine 82

St. John Chrysostom's School image

St. John Chrysostom's School

Hoe Avenue and 167th Street. Parochial School.
1140 Tiffany Street image

1140 Tiffany Street

Bronx: Tiffany Street - 167th Street (East) 1140 Tiffany Street, east side, between E. 167th and E. 169th Streets. April 26, 1938. P. L. Sperr.
936 East 169th Street image

936 East 169th Street

Corner of Bryant Avenue and Home Street image

Corner of Bryant Avenue and Home Street

30+ frames: street level views of 3-story attached homes; ribbon-cutting; choir with children in school uniforms.
Corner of Bryant Avenue and Home Street image

Corner of Bryant Avenue and Home Street

30+ frames: street level views of 3-story attached homes; ribbon-cutting; choir with children in school uniforms.
985 East 167th Street image

985 East 167th Street

Bronx: Hoe Avenue - 167th Street Hoe Ave, n.e. (north east) cor (corner) & 167th st P.L. Sperr 9-5-1942 Neg. A-432
Public School 6 image

Public School 6

Bronx 54, P.S. 6 (The West Farms), 960 Vyse Ave; Jerry Spearman, Photographer
Home Street Presbyterian Church image

Home Street Presbyterian Church

Bronx: Home Street - Bryant Avenue Home Street, north side, east from Bryant Avenue to WWest Farms Road. At the N.W. corner of the latter thoroughfare is the Home Street Presbyterian Church. April 26, 1938. P. L. Sperr.
Home Street Presbyterian Church image

Home Street Presbyterian Church

Bronx: Home Street - West Farms Road Home Street, at the N.W. corner of West Farms Road, showing the Home Street Presbyterian Church. April 26, 1938. P. L. Sperr.
821 Jennings Street image

821 Jennings Street

Bronx: Jennings Street - Bristow Street Jennings St. n;e. cor. & Bristow St. 9-5-192 P.L.Sperr Neg. A-382
St. John Chrysostom's Church image

St. John Chrysostom's Church

Fire victims' funeral Crowd observing procession of four coffins being carried up steps into church. Caption: "Fire victims' funeral: Four white caskets are carried down \[i.e. up] steps of St. John Chrysostom Church, 985 E. 167th St., Manhattan. They bear remains of Mrs. Anna Rodriguez and her three children....They are four of the seven women and children burned to death in firetrap tenement at 1101 Bedford Ave. last Wednesday."
1384 Bristow Street image

1384 Bristow Street

Bronx: Bristow Street - Jennings Street Bristow Ave. adj. n.e. cor. Jennings St. 9-5-1942 P.L.Sperr Neg. A-444
1111 Hoe Avenue image

1111 Hoe Avenue

Bronx: Hoe Avenue - West Farms Road Hoe Avenue (left), west side, north from its juncture with West Farms Road, showing St. John 's Roman Catholic Church at the S.W. corner of E. 167th Street. The 5 story building, on the right, is No. l117-1121 West Farms Road. April 26, 1938. P. L. Sperr
1111 Hoe Avenue image

1111 Hoe Avenue

Bronx: Hoe Avenue - West Farms Road Hoe Avenue north from West Farms Road P.L.Sperr 9-5-1942 Neg. A-398
Foxhurst Mansion image

Foxhurst Mansion

Bronx: West Farms Road - East 167th Street. West Farms Road, at the south-east corner of East 167th Street, showing the Foxhurst Mansion, also known as the Tiffany House. Ht was built by Mr. William W. Fox in 1848 on his extensive estate. Apartment buildings were later erected on the site. View 1: Gift of Randall Comfort 1898 View 2: E. P. Chrystie June 1, .2
Foxhurst Mansion image

Foxhurst Mansion

Bronx: West Farms Road - East 167th Street. West Farms Road, at the south-east corner of East 167th Street, showing the Foxhurst Mansion, also known as the Tiffany House. Ht was built by Mr. William W. Fox in 1848 on his extensive estate. Apartment buildings were later erected on the site. View 1: Gift of Randall Comfort 1898 View 2: E. P. Chrystie June 1, .2
41st Precinct Police Station image

41st Precinct Police Station

41st Precinct Police Station image

41st Precinct Police Station

Bronx 27, 41st Precinct Police Station, 1086 Simpson St; Jerry Spearman, Photographer
Hunt Inn image

Hunt Inn

1069 SOUTHERN BOULEVARD image

1069 SOUTHERN BOULEVARD

Former Art Theater (1077 Southern Boulevard)
1070 SOUTHERN BOULEVARD image

1070 SOUTHERN BOULEVARD

Former Urban Health Building
Kelly Avenue and East 167th Street image

Kelly Avenue and East 167th Street

Nighttime street preaching at E. 167th Street and Kelly Street, Bronx, August 12, 1918. Photographed for the Evangelistic Committee of New York City.
881 East 167th Street image

881 East 167th Street

Bronx: 167th Street (East) - Intervale Avenue E. 167h St. adj. n.e. cor Intervale Ave Chiesa Christiana 9-2-1942 P.L.Sperr Neg. A-438
881 East 167th Street image

881 East 167th Street

Bronx: 167th Street (East) - Kelly Street East 167th Street, north side, west from Kelly Street to Intervale Ave., showing in the middle of the block, the Italian Christian Church. April 26, 1938. P. L. Sperr.
1045 Fox Street image

1045 Fox Street

1045 Fox Street, \[Bronx], August 18, 1915. Photographed for Joseph P. Day.
1316 West Farms Road image

1316 West Farms Road

Bronx: West Farms Road - North Freeman Street. West Farms Road, north from Freeman Street, to Edgewater Road. April 26, 1938. P. L. Sperr
Westchester Avenue and East 167th Street image

Westchester Avenue and East 167th Street

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