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Schwarzmann property

Facade of large, three-story wood-frame house with cupola and porticoed entrance with balcony; iron fence along front and side, residential buildings and trees on both sides, sidewalk and street in foreground, and mailbox in right foreground. Captions: "Orbach & May, Builders, have purchased the Schwarzmann property at the northwest corner of St. Marks and Nostrand Avenues, a lot 200 x 150. the buyers will improve the site with apartments and stores." "In the affluent era this was the style of architecture in the Bedford section. Carved woodwork, high ceilings and fine mantelpieces marked the interior of these houses."

IMAGE DATE1913
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