1040+Jefferson+Avenue

=1040 Jefferson Avenue =

Between Bushwick Avenue and Broadway Block 3387, Lot 15



**Year Built:** 1886-1898 **Building Type:** Rowhouse **Architect:** Unknown **Builder:** Unknown **Original Owner:** Unknown

=**History and Analysis **=

1040 Jefferson Avenue is a two-and-a-half story, freestanding rowhouse located between Bushwick Avenue and Broadway. It is covered in vinyl siding, has a covered cornice, and has a stoop on the right side of the front facade. Surrounded by vacant lots, it can be assumed that the building was originally part of a row of speculative development rowhouses spanning Jefferson Avenue, reflecting the typical development patterns of the area between 1886 and 1898.

=Additional Section/ Additional Photography =

According to the United States Census of 1900, there were two large, multi-generational families living in the rowhouse, neither with servants. Most of the residents were born in New York with parents also born in the United States, while a few were of German descent. The women did not have professions listed, and the male occupations included a well driver, lead spinner, and bookkeeper. All the residents were renters.

=Location =

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=**References **= "Plate 21, Part of Ward 18: Brooklyn 1886" by E. Robinson and R.H. Pidgeon. "Plate 40, Part of Ward 28: Brooklyn 1898-1899" by Hugo Ullitz. 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 519, Pages 35-36.