37-54 79th Street

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1926
J.H. Kleinman Construction Corp. develops 46 houses including No. 37-54
No. 37-54 79th Street is one of 46 attached and semi-detached houses that J.H. Kleinman Construction Corp. developed on the block between 78th and 79th Streets south of 37th Avenue. Dated 1926-27 and drawn by Benjamin Dreisler Jr., each house is two and a half stories tall, a type the Landmarks Commission labeled the Anglo-American Garden Home style.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1926
Dreisler mixes Georgian details with Spanish-tile roofs at the 79th Street houses
The historic district report names Benjamin Dreisler Jr. as one of three architects, with Pierce L. Kiesewetter and James D. Junge, who built house rows in the district late in the 1920s. Dreisler's 1926 clusters on 78th and 79th Streets combine loosely Georgian details with contrasting Spanish-tiled mansard roofs, and the houses frame a berm in the interior of the block.
“The architectural details are loosely Georgian-inspired, yet include contrasting Spanish-tiled mansard roofs…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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