115-78 222nd Street

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1931
Selective Homes Inc. builds 115-78 222nd Street to designs by Monda & Bertolazzi
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This two-story brick house was built in 1931 by Selective Homes Inc. under permit NB 2168-31, with Monda & Bertolazzi as architects. It was part of the developer's 46-house row on 222nd Street, built while new parkways were drawing development to this section of Queens after World War I. The two sides of the street mirror each other, and five of the six facade types are mirrored pairs that share one entrance vestibule.
“No. 115-78 222nd Street is one of 46 row houses built by Selective Homes Inc.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1931
115-78 222nd Street keeps three diamond-paned leaded-glass transoms in its front window
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No. 115-78 and No. 115-80 share a five-sided peaked vestibule patterned in herringbone brick, with a round-arched doorway under a triangular gable and wide gambrel-shaped half-timbered parapet gables above. The house keeps its wood entry door, three leaded-glass transom sashes with clear and colored diamond panes, and corbelled brick brackets beneath the first-story window. Its chimney on the right is shared with No. 115-76; an iron security gate, an intercom and a security camera are later additions.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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