39-21 44th Street

Sunnyside | built 1926

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

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1926
39-21 44th Street is built in 1926 as the one house in its Lincoln Court row with a gable to the street
A row of eleven two-story houses went up in the Lincoln court on the east side of 44th Street in 1926, mixing flat roofs with slate-shingled gables. Four of the gabled houses present their eaves to the sidewalk, but 39-21, the tenth house in the row, turns its gable end toward the street. The row is trimmed with projecting bay windows, soldier-course brick, geometric brick patterns and wood pilasters at enclosed entry porticos, behind one continuous lawn.
“…the gable of the tenth building faces the street…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
2007
Designation report finds the bay roofs and door hood stripped from 39-21 44th Street
The 2007 historic district designation report recorded 39-21 as a type L' house with aluminum one-over-one or picture windows and a non-historic door. The roof and brackets had been taken off its bay window on both floors, and the projecting roof over the door and first-floor bay was gone as well. A one-over-one window and a vent filled the gable peak, and a concrete curb with a chain-link gate bordered the yard.
“…roof & brackets have been removed from bay window at both floors; projecting roof over door & 1st floor bay has been removed…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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