44-01 Skillman Avenue

also 39-83 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
Lincoln Court's 78 row houses fill a block around three garden courts
This house is one of the 78 row houses of Lincoln Court, which covers the block between 39th Avenue, 45th Street, Skillman Avenue and 44th Street. Rows of eight to 14 houses are broken by paths, and three paired rows enclose three interior garden courts. Every house has its own front and back yard besides the shared gardens.
“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).”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1926
Corner house turns its face to 44th Street behind a cast-iron porch
Built in 1926, this flat-roofed house at the west end of Lincoln Court's Skillman Avenue row is also numbered 39-83 44th Street. Its main front faces 44th Street, while its three-bay side toward Skillman Avenue has doors on both floors opening onto a historic two-story cast-iron porch, whose first story is now enclosed with brick and sliding windows. Its rear wall, partly visible from 45th Street, has five bays of double-hung windows.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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