1222-1226+Bushwick+Avenue

=1222-1226 Bushwick Avenue =

Between Bushwick Avenue and Hancock Street  Block 3394, Lots 29-31







**Year Built:** 1890  **Building Type:** Tenement / Commercial **Architect:** B. O'Rolhke  **Builder:** Moores & LeQuesue  **Original Owner:** Robert E. McCafferty

=**History and Analysis **=

1222-1226 Bushwick Avenue is a row of three three-story brick-framed Italianate tenements located between Hancock Street and Weirfield Street. All have projecting bays extending the height of the right side of the front facade, main entrances to the left of the front facade at street level, and tin roofs. All appear to retain most of their original ornamental features, except for the heavily altered ground level at 1222. These structures were built in 1890 as a speculative development venture designed by B. O'Rolhke, built by Moores and LeQuesue, and financed by Robert E. McCafferty who resided at 930 Gates Avenue in 1890, and by 1900 who resided next to the development in a rowhouse at 1228 Bushwick Avenue.

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In 1900, there were multiple small families living in each tenement. Most residents were born in New York with parents also born in New York. The residents had a variety of professions, such as real estate brokers, druggists, salesmen, and policemen. Most families were renters, and a few had servants.

=Location =

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=**References **= 1890 New Building Permit, New York City Department of Buildings United States of America, Bureau of the Census. //Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900//. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. Brooklyn Ward 28, District 520, Pages 5-6.