691 Gerard Avenue

Concourse Village | built 1930

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1. 1930

   Bandes Stillman Construction puts up a Tudor Revival apartment house at Gerard Avenue and East 153rd Street

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   The Bandes Stillman Construction Co. filed plans in 1930 for this six-story apartment house at the corner of East 153rd Street, designed by Nathan Rotholz. It was built together with its near-twin at 705 Gerard Avenue and with 109 East 153rd Street. The company's president, Abraham Stillman, also developed 690 Gerard Avenue and 711 Walton Avenue nearby, according to the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

   “Abraham Stillman, president of the Bandes Stillman Construction Co., developer of the three buildings…”

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

2. 1930

   A brick turret with terra-cotta gargoyles caps the corner of 691 Gerard Avenue

   Rotholz faced the building in red and clinker brick with patches of fieldstone and stucco, adding castellated tower-like bays at each end, a pitched roof between them and an oval window on the sixth floor. At the corner with East 153rd Street a brick turret rests on a terra-cotta corbel topped with gargoyles. The original faux half-timbering has since been stuccoed over and painted red, and the slate roof covered or replaced.

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

3. 1930

   Architect Nathan Rotholz designs three Tudor Revival buildings in the Grand Concourse district

   Nathan Rotholz (1895-1934), a New York-born architect, was a draftsman with Sommerfeld & Steckler when the United States entered World War I and had his own office by 1920. Over the next 14 years, across Manhattan, the Bronx and Westchester, he drew homes, shops and mixed-use buildings. His three Tudor Revival apartment houses in the district are 691 and 705 Gerard Avenue and 109 East 153rd Street.

   “In the Grand Concourse Historic District he was responsible for the design of three Tudor Revival style apartment buildings…”

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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• 690 Gerard Avenue3 entries
• 109 East 153rd Street2 entries
• 710 Gerard Avenue2 entries
• 711 Walton Avenue2 entries
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