705 Gerard Avenue

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1931
Bandes Stillman Construction completes 705 Gerard Avenue as a companion to its corner building
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Plans for this six-story apartment house were filed in 1930 and it went up in 1930-31 for the Bandes Stillman Construction Co., with Nathan Rotholz as architect. It was built in tandem with 691 Gerard Avenue next door and 109 East 153rd Street, and the two Gerard Avenue buildings still share a service alley between them.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1931
Gables, towers and a crenellated parapet give 705 Gerard Avenue its Tudor look
The building mixes red and clinker brick with fieldstone and stucco over a fieldstone base. Around its light court rise castellated tower-like bays and a crenellated parapet, while peaked gables mark the outer bays; a one-story entry porch has a pitched roof and Tudor-style woodwork. Some slate roofing survives north of the light well, but the mock half-timbering has been stuccoed and painted red.
“…crenellated parapet within light court; castellated, tower-like projections at inner bays around light court; peaked gables at outer bays…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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