Oban Court
81-14 34th Avenue | Jackson Heights | built 1915
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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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- 1914
George H. Wells designs Oban Court as a walk-up beside its twin, Penrhyn Court
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The Roosevelt Ave. Building Co. built Oban Court and the adjoining Penrhyn Court in 1914-15 from designs by George H. Wells. Both are five stories over a basement, faced in gray Roman brick with stone trim, and share a small interior courtyard. Oban Court's 34th Avenue front copies Penrhyn Court's avenue side but adds a central entrance, where the building's name is carved above glass and iron double doors that survive. The design draws on English Edwardian classicism.
“Oban Court and Penrhyn Court, built in 1914-15, are among the early apartment building complexes in Jackson Heights designed by George H. Wells.”
- 1914
Queensboro Corporation builds walk-ups along 82nd Street for commuting workers
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The Queensboro Corporation first built housing itself in 1913-14 with Laurel Court near the trolley stop on Northern Boulevard. Wells's Oban Court and Penrhyn Court came next, followed by Willow Court, the Colonial Apartments and the Plymouth Apartments, all lining 82nd Street between the trolley stop and the elevated station on Roosevelt Avenue. The company aimed them at people commuting to the factories of Long Island City.
“Laurel Court was soon followed by Wells's Oban Court and Penrhyn Court (1914-15), Willow Court (1915), the Colonial Apartments (1915-16)…”
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