39-11 49th 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
Harrison Place, the court this house belongs to, sets all of its fronts toward the street
39-11 49th Street is one of the 83 row houses of Harrison Place, split into nine rows across parts of five tax blocks around 39th Avenue. Unlike Sunnyside's other courts, every house here faces the street. Since the rows do not ring a whole block, the court has a single central garden, enclosed by rows along 48th Street, 49th Street and 39th Avenue; much of it has since been fenced into private yards.
“…this court is unique in that all primary facades face the street…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
2007
The 2007 landmark survey records later changes to 39-11 49th Street
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The LPC's 2007 survey of 39-11 49th Street, a Harrison Place row house built in 1927, recorded several later changes. A greenhouse-like enclosure had been added at the basement level, the original bay replaced by a bigger multi-light window under a metal hood, and a rigid metal awning on metal columns set over the historic door surround. The facade had also been cleaned, and two mailboxes and a through-wall air conditioner sat near the door.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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