Housing, Industrial: United States. New York. Brooklyn: Two-Family Houses. Brick Construction: Group of duplex - Two family houses - Mann & MacNeille, Architects. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Five groups of these houses were built in Brooklyn, New York. They vary somewhat in size and cost, but a typical plan has 7 rooms and baths and servants' toilet. Typical group, cost per apartment: land and grounds, $1,250; building, $3,750; total $5000. Rent, $50 per month. Gross return, 14 1/25. Net return on equity 85. The demand for the upper apartments proved to be as great as for the lower ones. The upper apartments used the flat portion of the roof for a yard while the families in the lower apartments used the rear yard.

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 3.2002.1958
People: Unidentified Artist
Title: Housing, Industrial: United States. New York. Brooklyn: Two-Family Houses. Brick Construction: Group of duplex - Two family houses - Mann & MacNeille, Architects. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Five groups of these houses were built in Brooklyn, New York. They vary somewhat in size and cost, but a typical plan has 7 rooms and baths and servants' toilet. Typical group, cost per apartment: land and grounds, $1,250; building, $3,750; total $5000. Rent, $50 per month. Gross return, 14 1/25. Net return on equity 85. The demand for the upper apartments proved to be as great as for the lower ones. The upper apartments used the flat portion of the roof for a yard while the families in the lower apartments used the rear yard.
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: Social Museum Collection
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: display board
Date: c. 1903
Places: Creation Place: North America, United States, New York, Brooklyn
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/153566

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: image: 22 x 27.6 cm (8 11/16 x 10 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: ? Perry R. MacNeille, N.Y. Standard Buildings Inc. [d. 1931]; Social Museum, Harvard University, by 1915

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Social Museum Collection
Accession Year: 2011
Object Number: 3.2002.1958
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Subjects and Contexts

The Social Museum Collection

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