B&W photo of apartment building at 546 Bergen Avenue, Jersey City.
Entry/Object ID
2023.011.0135
Description
The sidewalk awning reads: 546. An air conditioner is in a second floor window. A street sign on a lamppost reads: BERGEN AVE. Leaves are on the trees. Circa 1940s automobiles are parked along the curb.
Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Gelatin Print - silver bromide
Subject
Apartment building; Tudor Revival; square plan; 5 stories plus raised basement; 10 bays; brick façade with 2-bay section in lozenge pattern; stucco sections with timbering motif on the third, fourth and fifth floors; single and double 6/1 sash windows except entry bay; flat roof; crenelated parapet alternates with pitched roof gables; soldier brick lintels and header brick sills; central steel and glass double-door entrance with sidewalk awning and arched stone and brick surround with crenelated parapet; fire escape, 2 chimneys; brick sill courses on first floor; brick water table.
