34-38 87th Street

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1926
34-38 shares a hipped roof and center chimney with its twin at 34-42
Robert Tappan designed No. 34-38 and its partner at No. 34-42 as one double house in 1926, filed under permit NB 1046-1926 for the Queensboro Corporation. It is one of the two 'B' pairs in the A-B-C-B-A row of five, with a hipped roof, a chimney at the middle and separate entrance porches under segmental pediments. Every house has its own garage attached at one side and a front garden, with brick garden walls between the houses.
“Built in 1926 to designs by Robert Tappan, this group of ten houses is characteristic of many similar groups…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1926
The 87th Street double houses are built back-to-back with near copies on 86th Street
The ten houses Robert Tappan designed for this side of 87th Street in 1926 closely resemble his five double houses at 34-15 to 34-51 86th Street, built around the same time and backing onto this group across the block. A short driveway is shared by each house and its neighbor in the adjoining pair, and individual gardens fill the rear.
“These houses are very similar to the five double houses at 34-15-34-51 86th Street which were also designed by Tappan…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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