The firm designed most of Ridgewood's row houses and tenement buildings, over 5,000 in number. It also designed Ridgewood's "only extant freestanding mansion", at 66-75 Forest Ave., which was built in 1906, and the Ridgewood National Bank building, later Manufacturers Hanover Trust Bank. Louis Berger was first president of the Ridgewood National Bank.[1]
Louis Berger was born in
Rheinpfalz,
Germany in 1875, immigrated to the U.S. in 1880, and came to Ridgewood in 1892. He studied architecture at the
Pratt Institute. He apprenticed with the prestigious architectural firm
Carrere and Hastings.[1] He opened his firm in Ridgewood in 1895.
One or more buildings in
Central Ridgewood Historic District, Roughly bounded by Fresh Pond Rd., Putnam, 68th, Forest, Catalpa, Onderdonk, and 71st Aves.
New York, NY (Berger,Louis, & Co.), NRHP-listed
One or more buildings in
Forest-Norman Historic District, Forest Ave. from Summerfield to Stephen St. and Norman St. to Myrtle Ave.
New York, NY (Berger,Louis), NRHP-listed