Colonial Arms

34-20 83rd Street | Jackson Heights | built 1935

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  1. 1935

    The Cohn Brothers design the Colonial Arms as a six-story neo-Georgian apartment house

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    Three Star Building Corp. put up the Colonial Arms in 1935 under new-building permit 1303-1935, with the Cohn Brothers as architects. The six-story-and-basement building fills a mid-block lot, and a recessed lightcourt splits its street front in two and doubles as the entrance court. Its red brick and white trim carry a broken-pediment doorway, brickwork imitating quoins, stylized stone capitals and, at the roof, oculus-pierced pediments and balustrades.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 1935

    The Colonial Arms takes a name echoing the colonial past, like other 1930s Jackson Heights apartments

    The Landmarks Preservation Commission notes that Jackson Heights apartment houses of the 1930s often signaled their neo-Georgian styling through their names. It cites the Colonial Arms alongside Georgian Gardens, and names that point less directly to early American history, such as Jefferson Hall, Mt. Vernon, which recalls Washington's estate, and The Litchfield, presumably named for the Connecticut colonial town.

    “The symbolism of the style is reflected in its name, as is the case in many of these 1930s apartments; others in the district include Georgian Gardens and Colonial Arms…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  3. 1993

    The Colonial Arms joins the Jackson Heights Historic District with some of its trim gone

    When the Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the Jackson Heights Historic District in 1993, its report recorded how the Colonial Arms had changed since 1935. The entrance doors had been replaced, the balconettes were missing from the second-story bays though their brackets were still in place, and the decorative urns that once stood at the roofline had been lost.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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