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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.
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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.
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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 A 'History of the Bronx' published in 1906 states the mansion was demolished "a few years ago" and had been replaced by a number of houses.
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FDNY Engine 82
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FDNY Engine 82, early 20th century wagon.
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Spy House
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Spy House, 1899. Boston Road, west side, at the head of Bristow Street, showing the "Spy House", dating back to pre-Revolutionary days. It is said to have been the dwelling, during the American Revolution, of a spy, who enacted the same role as did Harvey Birch in Fenimore Cooper's story,"The Spy." The house was razed some time between 1907 and 1911 and on its site now stands a 1-story brick building.
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1365 Boston Road
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1361 to 1365 Boston Road, adjoining the southwest corner of Jefferson Place, showing the Jennings Homestead, also known as the "0ld Stone Jug" and "Drovers' Inn." It was built in the middle of the 18th century. Its site is now occupied by a 5-story apartment house (No. 1361-63) and a 1-story brick structure (No. 1365).

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1301 Intervale Avenue

Bronx: Freeman Street - Intervale Avenue Freeman St. & Intervale Ave. n.w. cor. 9-5-1942 P.L. Sperr
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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.
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1247 Simpson Street

1247 Simpson Street, Bronx, May 13, 1915. Photographed for Joseph P. Day.
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1242 Intervale Avenue

1242 Intervale Avenue, Bronx, March 17, 1916. Photographed for Joseph P. Day.
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1234 Simpson Street

1234 & 1236 Simpson Street, Bronx, undated (ca. April 1917).
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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\.
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.
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821 Jennings Street

Bronx: Jennings Street - Bristow Street Jennings St. n;e. cor. & Bristow St. 9-5-192 P.L.Sperr Neg. A-382
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church image

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church

FDNY Engine 82 image

FDNY Engine 82

FDNY Engine 82 image

FDNY Engine 82

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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
Vyse Mansion image

Vyse Mansion

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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.
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936 East 169th Street

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1437 Boston Road

Bronx: Boston Road - Prospect Avenue 1437 to 1447 Boston Road, adjoining and north of the W.W. corner of Prospect Ave. About A915, Neg.~1144
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1437 Boston Road

1437 Boston Road, Bronx, undated \[ca. December 1915-January 1916].
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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.
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St. John Chrysostom's School

Hoe Avenue and 167th Street. Parochial School.
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1431 Prospect Avenue

1431 Boston Road, Bronx, undated \[ca. December 1915-January 1916].
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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
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1436 Prospect Avenue

1436 Prospect Avenue, Bronx, undated \[ca. December 1915-January 1916].
Spy House image

Spy House

1441 Boston Road image

1441 Boston Road

14339 to 1451 Boston Road, Bronx, undated \[ca. December 1915-January 1916].
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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.
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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.
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1438 Prospect Avenue

Bronx: Prospect Avenue - Boston Road 1438 Prospect Ave., north side, between Boston Road and Crotona Park East. Robinson and Bromley's map of 1879 shows it to have stood on property belonging to J. L. Mott. The house is at this date (1938) no longer in existence, its site being occupied by a Synagogue. Gift of Samuel Landsman
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Public School 6

Bronx 54, P.S. 6 (The West Farms), 960 Vyse Ave; Jerry Spearman, Photographer
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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."
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1320 Boston Road

Bronx: Boston Road - Union Avenue 1320 Boston Road, east side, adjoining its junction with Union Ave., showing a 1-story brick building, half of which is occupied by one of the branch stores of James Butler. About 1916.
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1365 Boston Road

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