Menorah+Home+for+Aged+and+Infirm

=Menorah Home for Aged and Infirm =

871 Bushwick Avenue, between Himrod Street & Harman Street Block 3274, Lot 1



**Architect:** Unknown **Builder:** Unknown **Original Owner:** Menorah Home for the Aged and Infirm
 * Year Built: ** 1954
 * Building Type: ** Home for the elderly & hospital (historic), church school (current)
 * Proposed District: **Bushwick Avenue Historic District



**Architect:** Schwartz & Gross **Builder:** Unknown **Original Owner:** Menorah Home for the Aged and Infirm **Proposed District:** Bushwick Avenue Historic District
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Year Built: ** 1926
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Building Type: ** Home for the elderly & hospital (historic), church school (current)

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Architect:** Morriosn & McCarthy, Inc. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Builder:** Unknown <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Original Owner:** Menorah Home for the Aged and Infirm <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Proposed District:** Bushwick Avenue Historic District
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Year Built: ** 1965
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Building Type: ** Home for the elderly & hospital (historic), church school (current)

=**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">History and Analysis **=

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">871 Bushwick Avenue used to be the home of the Pope Mansion, pictured below. John Pope, the son of Bavarian immigrants, made his fortune in the tobacco industry. He died in 1886, leaving his fortune to his four siblings, including George P. Pope, who handled the finances. The mansion was built by 1899, and included oriental rugs, stained glass, a pipe organ, and a live white peacock in the garden. In 1909, the house and its furnishings were valued at $2,000,000.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">George died in 1917, and in 1920 the Menorah Home for the Aged and Infirm bought the mansion for $150,000. In 1954, the mansion was replaced with the presently standing structure at the corner of Bushwick Avenue and Himrod Street.

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