Community Corner
History Mystery Homes #7
Seventh in a series of unidentified home photos found in the Village Archives.
The History Mystery Home for this week is "hogen 10." "Hogen" means "homes- general" and could be anywhere in Garden City. Do you know where this home is?
The author found another image of "hoest 35", 121 Brompton Road in the book, Garden City Estates- 1911 on p. 22. The promotional book advertised model homes. (Book lent by Jane Gilman). The image is an architect's rendering of the model home. The addition on the first floor, as seen in the current photo on the right, is a library built in 1928, according to the Village Building Department. (It was originally stated as 1923.)
Well-known Garden City pediatrician, Dr. Richard Rieger has confirmed that "hoest 12" was located at 118 Wellington Road.
"The Rudd family lived at 118 Wellington Road and the house was taken down during the 1930s or 1940s. The lot remained vacant for a number of years. Then, a builder named Mr. Barnes built two houses." The Tavenot family then moved into the new 118 Wellington around 1948.
Dr. Rieger lived next door at 116 Wellington Rd. from 1933- 1956 as the youngest of seven children.
Describing his childhood home, Rieger said, "The entire front of the house was a glassed in front porch. We had four bedrooms on the second floor and one on the third. My parents originally rented the house from a bank who owned it and then bought it. It had a three-car garage." (The southern extension was built by later owners.)
Rieger now lives at 160 Oxford Boulevard, which was built in 1931 for the Dunn family. Surprisingly, he remembers his current house being built. His first house he lived in was on the next block. When very young, he was fascinated "with the horse and shovel used for the foundation."
Please contact Suzie Alvey at 516.326.1720 or suziealvey@gmail.com if you recognize any of the homes that have been featured. Also, if anyone has any old books, photos or papers relating to anything in Garden City, please call Alvey. She can scan or photograph the items, while you keep the original, or you can donate it. This will be extremely helpful to the archives at the Garden City Public Library and the Garden City Historical Society. Help us help history!
