B&W photo of apartment building at 54 Stegman Street, Jersey City.
Entry/Object ID
2023.011.0149
Description
A woman sits on a half wall near the basement entrance. An air conditioner is in a third floor window. A planter box sits on an adjacent window sill. Leaves are on the trees. Circa 1950s-1960s automobiles are parked along the curb.
Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Gelatin Print - silver bromide
Subject
Apartment building; Spanish Colonial Revival features; rectangular plan; 4 stories plus raised basement; 6 bays except 7 bays on first floor; brick façade with a lozenge patterned section; single, double and triple 2/1 and 3/1 sash windows except entry bay; flat roof; brick arcaded cornice; brick parapet with inset balusters flanked by stepped gables terminating in keystone arches; brick lintels and stone sills; arched window heads on first and fourth floors; central steel and glass double-door entrance with transom window and arched soldier brick surround; stone sill course on second floor with crest-shaped ornamentation above the entrance.
