39-04 44th Street

Sunnyside | built 1927

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

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1927
39-04 44th Street goes up in a row of four brick houses in Madison Court
Built in 1927 in Madison Court, 39-04 belongs to a row of four two-story row houses with attics and asphalt-shingled side-gable roofs, fronting on 44th Street. The Landmarks Preservation Commission notes broad three-part windows, soldier-brick bands above the foundation, and white elliptical fan panels set over the paired front doors beneath arched brick lintels. At the back, its porch and entry are in the first bay, while those of 39-02 and 39-06 are in the last.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1927
May 2
A declaration of easements sets shared rules for 39-04's block
The declaration of easements for Block 182, the tax block that holds 39-04, is dated May 2, 1927. Sunnyside's declarations barred fences, clothes poles, signs and awnings, and required the trustees' written consent for any exterior change, including repainting in a new color. At the mortgage banks' insistence, most of these rules were meant to last forty years, generally until 1966, and the deeds also forbade speculative resale of a home in its first three years.
“Block 133 (dated September 15, 1926), and Block 182 (dated May 2, 1927).”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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