34-14 85th Street

Jackson Heights | built 1927

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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  1. 1927

    Robert Tappan designs this house in a block of 32 Queensboro houses

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    This house was built in 1927 for the Queensboro Corporation to designs by Robert Tappan, part of a group of thirty-two attached and semi-detached houses on both 84th and 85th Streets, from 34th to 35th Avenue. They stand in eight clusters of four, back to back across the block, each with a front garden. Paired garages, one for each house, sit at the rear along a shared driveway. It was filed with 34-16, 34-18 and 34-20 85th Street under permit NB 2933-1927.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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