US-Emigrants from Stockstadt am Main

EMMA LANG AS A MAID IN CLAY AVENUE

Emma Lang worked as a maid in 1063 Clay Avenue (left house)	Map Clay Avenue between East 165th and 166th Street

Abstract

In: Dolkart/Pearson/Urbanelli: Clay Avenue Historic District. [New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission] April 1994.

"1063 and 1065 CLAY AVENUE
Tax Map Block/Lots: 2428/25 and 24
Building Type: Two-family houses (semi-detached)
Date: 1901-02 [NB 239-1901]
Architect: Warren C. Dickerson
Style: Transitional Romanesque Revival/neo-Renaissance
Developer: Ernest Wenigmann

Design identical to 1047 and 1049 Clay Avenue

These two three-story houses, faced entirely in beige Roman brick, have three-side angled bays and Flemish-inspired gables, each with a single step and a tall rounded peak. Limestone ornament on the pair is limited to simple beltcourses, entrance enframements with simple classical moldings, and a small decorative panel over each entrance. Tall paired stone stoops with historic wrought-iron railings approach the entrance. Above the dentiled cornices are wrought-iron railings that run along the edges of the projecting bays. Each gable is articulated by a pair of windows capped by a modest limestone cornice and by a galvanized-iron cartouche ornamented with a fleur-de-lis. Historic wrought-iron railings with historic cast-iron newels enclose the areaways. The beige brickwork remains unpainted at No. 1063. At the time of designation, No. 1065 was vacant and the window sash and doors had been removed.

In 1905, No. 1063 was sold Magdalena Messerschmidt who was, according to the New York City Directory, a widow residing at this address. However, the 1905 census records a household consisting only of the French-born Martin Messerschmidt and his daughter. In 1910, the German-born Magdalena lived there with her two daughters, one son-in-law, a nephew, and a German servant. In 1905, the second unit was rented to German-born engineer William Leitz and his wife. The residents of No. 1065 are not recorded in the 1905 census even though the building had been completed three years earlier.