Sigel Arms

825 Walton Avenue | Concourse Village | built 1924

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1924
Charles Schaefer Jr. designs the Colonial Revival Sigel Arms for the Big Three Building Corp.
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The Sigel Arms went up in 1924 under NB 302-1924 for the Big Three Building Corp., to designs by Charles Schaefer Jr. The six-story building is faced in textured red and beige brick with masonry trim and has a light court with what may be its original fence and gate. It was built together with, and resembles, its neighbor at 828 Gerard Avenue.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1924
A former Bronx plan examiner, Charles Schaefer Jr., designs the Sigel Arms
Charles Schaefer Jr. founded Schaefer & Prindle in 1894 with William Prindle; the firm designed houses in Yonkers and the Bronx's Williamsbridge section. In 1904 he became a plan examiner at the Department of Buildings in the Bronx, then went back to private practice in 1907. In the Grand Concourse district he designed two Colonial Revival buildings, the Sigel Arms and Schwab Court, on Walton and Gerard Avenues.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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