47+Weirfield+Street

=47 Weirfield Street =

Between Bushwick Avenue and Broadway Block 3394, Lot 39



**Year Built:** 1888 **Building Type:** Tenement **Architect:** H. Vollweiler **Builder:** Duffy & Jackson **Original Owner:** Duffy & Jackson

=**History and Analysis **=

47 Weirfield Street is a free standing, three-and-a-half story tenement with a projecting bay extending the height of the right side of the front facade and a stoop on the right side, located between Bushwick Avenue and Broadway. It is covered in vinyl siding with most historic ornament removed. The wood framed, brick filled tenement with a tin roof was designed by H. Vollweiler. It was commissioned by Duffy and Jackson of 163 Powers Street in 1888 for $3,000 who also developed 1232-1242 Bushwick Avenue around the corner during the same year.

=Additional Section/ Additional Photography =

According to the United States Census of 1900, there were multiple, mid-sized families living in the tenement. Most were renters, none had servants. All were born in New York with parents also from New York. Occupations included a cooper, fish dealer, stenographer, and engineer.

=Location =

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=**References **= Brooklyn Real Estate Record and Builders Guide, 1888. 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, Page 3.