1896: Staten Island Cows Gone Wild in New York City at the Pavonia Ferry Terminal » 138_144 St Marks Avenue
In the late 1800s, John Donovan lived at 144 St. Marks Avenue (left) and Thomas E. Wheeler lived at #138 (far right). All of the Neo-Grec style brownstones were designed by architect Marshall J. Morrill and constructed in the 1880s, at a time when speculative residential development in Prospect Heights increased in anticipation and reaction to the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge in 1883.
In the late 1800s, John Donovan lived at 144 St. Marks Avenue (left) and Thomas E. Wheeler lived at #138 (far right). All of the Neo-Grec style brownstones were designed by architect Marshall J. Morrill and constructed in the 1880s, at a time when speculative residential development in Prospect Heights increased in anticipation and reaction to the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge in 1883.
