Carriage Houses in Clinton Hill – The New York Times
John Freeman Gill wrote about the carriage houses of Clinton Hill in The New York Times, including George Mcneil’s studio. Photos by Stefano Ukmar for The New York Times.
The skylit rear stable area of 195 Waverly Avenue was used by the late George McNeil as his art studio for 25 years beginning in 1970. McNeil, a pioneering abstract expressionist of the New York School, often worked on the floor, as evidenced by the paint vestiges on the hoof-worn stones.
195 Waverly Avenue was originally the carriage house for George D. Pratt. In 1910, the United States Census found the second floor occupied by Abner Gleason, George Pratt’s chauffeur, along with Gleason’s wife, Ethel; his married sister-in-law; a niece; and an auto mechanic unrelated to him.