J. Kurtz and Sons Store Building | |
Seen on a snowy March day in 2017 | |
| Location | 162-24 Jamaica Ave.,Queens, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°42′15.6″N73°47′49″W / 40.704333°N 73.79694°W /40.704333; -73.79694 |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1931 |
| Architect | Allmendinger & Schlendorf |
| Architectural style | Art Deco |
| NRHP reference No. | 83001775[1] |
| NYCL No. | 1132 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | September 8, 1983 |
| Designated NYCL | November 24, 1981 |
J. Kurtz and Sons Store Building is a historic commercial building in theJamaica neighborhood ofQueens inNew York City. It was built in 1931 and is a six-story, steel-frame building with two decorated sides in theArt Deco style. It is three bays by six bays and features a metal-framed windows with stepped pylon motif rising through all four floors. They are of castaluminum with geometric designs. It was built to house a franchise of the J. Kurtz and Sons furniture store, founded by Jacob Kurtz in 1870.[2][3]
It was designated as aNew York City Landmark in 1981, and listed on theNational Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1] Today it is a localThe Children's Place franchise,[4] as well as other local shops and an office for theNew York City Department of Probation.[5]
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