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The Doering-Bohack House, located at 1090 Greene Avenue in Brooklyn, was built in 1887 by Theobald Engelhardt and designated a landmark in 2014. The work proposed in the following plan set comprises the addition of a new front porch and a new rear patio. The current front porch is not original to the building (see pictures of current condition in plan set). After discussions with the family who owned the home from the 1920’s to the 1940’s it is estimated that the original porch was removed in the early 1930’s. The removal was performed at the same time as excavation
- f the front yard, allowing for a new basement
entry that served as the entrance to the family’s medical practice. The work proposed would restore the porch to its original design, which spanned the entire width of the home. Beyond the recollection of the surviving members of the family who lived at 1090 Greene, there are two substantial pieces of evidence that support the belief that the original porch spanned the entire width of the building. The first is a neighborhood Insurance map from 1907 (see drawing EX-101.00). The map clearly shows that 1090 Greene’s front porch at the time spanned the full width of the building. The second indicator is the missing decorative pediments above the windows on the first floor. The original front porch ran directly above these windows, and when it was removed the owners either did not have either the time or the money to reproduce matching pediments seen above every other window in the home. Although the current front porch is certainly architecturally incongruous with the rest of the home, the work proposed is not solely an aesthetic desire to return to the original appropriate design of the home. The current front porch is in terrible disrepair and needs to be rebuilt. The proposed design uses the same millwork patterns Engelhardt chose, and it is, I believe, a design he would have approved of. The proposed rear patio will incorporate the same railings and balustrade as the front porch and is meant to be a subtle addition that does not detract from the intended profile of the home.
Overview
1090 Greene Avenue
Doering-Bohack House
PROJECT AND SCOPE PRESENTATION FOR LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION REVIEW
Historic 1940’s tax photo of the Doering-Bohack house viewed from the corner of Greene Avenue and Goodwin Place, Brooklyn