39-14 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
39-14 49th Street keeps both its historic door and its historic windows
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Built in 1927 in the Harrison Place row on the west side of 49th Street, this type I house is the only one of the seven where the Landmarks Preservation Commission found both the historic door and the historic windows still in place in 2007. Its six-over-six wood sash sit behind storm windows. The commission also noted changes: the original door surround and hood had been taken off, an iron-and-metal awning hung over the entrance, and grilles covered the first-floor windows.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
2007
May
Historian Herbert Reynolds explains why this row split from Jefferson Court
In a May 2007 interview cited in the Landmarks Preservation Commission's report, Sunnyside historian Herbert Reynolds said the northern end of tax block 133, which includes 39-14 49th Street, was first built as part of Jefferson Court, the mews-style court at the center of the block. According to Reynolds, the street-facing rows were split off from the mews arrangement because the mews layout cost more to maintain, with its paving, sewer and electrical lines. The commission's report counts the row as part of Harrison Place.
“The northern portion of tax block 133 (now part of Harrison Place) was originally constructed as part of Jefferson Court.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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