B&W photo of apartment building at 29 Bentley Avenue, Jersey City.
Entry/Object ID
2023.011.0120
Description
A sign near the entrance reads: FOR RENT. An air conditioner is in a third floor window. Trees are in bloom. Circa 1960s automobiles are parked along the curb.
Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Gelatin Print - silver bromide
Subject
Apartment building; rectangular plan; 5 stories plus raised basement; 5 bays; brick façade with Tudor style timbering motifs on stucco sections of the fourth and fifth floors; single, double and triple 2/1, 3/1, 4/1 and 6/1 sash windows except entry bay; flat roof; Spanish tiled shed roofs and gablets at the roofline; tiled shed roof window heads on second floor; header brick lintels and sills; central steel and glass double-door entrance with transom window, side lights, and tiled hip roof portico supported by square brick columns; brick sill courses on second floor.
