39-63 44th Street
Sunnyside | built 1926
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1926
Lincoln Court's 78 row houses ring the block that holds 39-63 44th Street
This house is one of the 78 row houses of Lincoln Court in Sunnyside Gardens, which line the edges of the block bounded by 39th Avenue, 45th Street, Skillman Avenue and 44th Street. Rows of eight to 14 houses are broken by through-block paths, and their lengths, setbacks, roofs and heights vary along the street. Three paired rows wrap three interior garden courts that the owners share, while every house also has a private front and rear yard.
“The 78 row houses of Lincoln Court cover the block bounded by 39th Avenue (north), 45th Street (east), Skillman Avenue (south), and 44th Street (west).”
- 1926
39-63 44th Street is built in 1926 among six recessed, flat-roofed porch houses
Built in 1926, the house sits among the six flat-roofed houses at the middle of a ten-house row on the east side of 44th Street, set back from the street behind enclosed entry porches. Their parapets carry bluestone coping and stepped, geometric patterns of soldier, stretcher and header brick, with clinker bricks scattered through the walls.
- 2007
Landmarks survey finds 39-63 44th Street's historic porch, windows and doors intact
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When the city designated the Sunnyside Gardens Historic District in 2007, the commission noted that 39-63 44th Street still had its historic enclosed porch, windows and doors. The survey described the type A' house, on block 155, lot 20, as intact apart from storm windows and a storm door added over the originals. The historic porch infill was painted pale yellow, the six-over-six wood sash remained, the basement windows had grilles and the parapet had been repointed. A cobblestone curb edged the front yard.
“…intact except for added storm windows & door; historic porch infill painted pale yellow…”
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