Beverly Square East
T. B. Ackerson, 1898–1901

Beverley Square East’s first properties were developed by Thomas Benton Ackerson in 1898 along East 19th Street. The houses were well-appointed, with interior wooden moldings and silk wallpaper, as well as such modern amenities as steam heat and electricity. Particularly extravagant examples of Ackerson’s original development are numbers 217, 223 (not pictured) and 247. Number 257 served as Ackerson’s “model home” in sales brochures and advertisements and nearly 100 years later played a role in Spike Lee’s 1992 film “Malcolm X.”