Hampton Court

35-45 78th Street | Jackson Heights | built 1921

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

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1919
The Queensboro Corporation begins Hampton Court, its first big project after Linden Court
After Linden Court, the Queensboro Corporation began a major apartment project in Jackson Heights every year, with George H. Wells or Andrew J. Thomas as architect. Wells's Hampton Court came first, begun in 1919; Elm, Hawthorne and Laburnum courts followed in 1921. Most of the buildings that came after Linden Court were sold to residents under the company's cooperative ownership plan.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1921
Hampton Court's 78th Street row gets neo-Georgian red brick with white stone trim
Like nearly all of Wells's garden apartments, this building and its ten neighbors are neo-Georgian. The red brick is laid in Flemish bond, with stone stringcourses running along the row and modillioned cornices on the 78th Street side. Doorways sit in arched stone frames flanked by metal lamps; the stoop railings and balconies on this street were judged recent additions by 1993.
“The red brick facades are laid in Flemish bond and have white stone trim.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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