J. Kurtz and Sons Store Building | |
New York City Landmark
No. 1132
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Location | 162-24 Jamaica Ave., Queens, New York |
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Coordinates | 40°42′15.6″N 73°47′49″W / 40.704333°N 73.79694°W |
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 the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens in New York City. It was built in 1931 and is a six-story, steel-frame building with two decorated sides in the Art 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 cast aluminum 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 a New York City Landmark in 1981, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1] Today it is a local The Children's Place franchise, [4] as well as other local shops and an office for the New York City Department of Probation. [5]