39-55 47th Street
Sunnyside | built 1927
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.
- 1927
39-55 47th Street is built as the first of six recessed gabled houses in its Roosevelt Court row
No. 39-55 is part of Roosevelt Court's 1927 row of ten houses on 47th Street. It is the northernmost of six center houses, 39-55 through 39-65, which stand back from the street line under slate gable roofs running parallel to the street. As in the rest of the row, concrete steps between concrete cheek walls lead down to its basement entry.
- 2007
39-55's porch is enclosed in aluminum siding by the time of the 2007 survey
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The district survey of 39-55 47th Street found its porch filled in with aluminum siding and single-pane windows on the front and side. A light, a flagpole and a mailbox sat by the door, the foundation was painted white, and a three-light awning window sat under the porch. Vinyl one-over-one windows had replaced the original sash, and a high concrete curb edged the yard.
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