B&W photo of apartment building complex at 2781 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Jersey City.
Entry/Object ID
2023.011.0167
Description
Pedestrians are on the sidewalk while others cross the street. A frieze at the roofline between the recessed entrances reads: SUMMIT. Air conditioners are in windows on the fourth and fifth floors. Circa 1950s-1960s automobiles are parked along the curb.
Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Gelatin Print - silver bromide
Subject
Apartment building complex; Beaux Arts features; irregular plan with 4 recessed courtyards; 6 stories plus raised basement; 3 bays on front façades of 3 wings separated by 2 deeply recessed courtyards; brick façade except stone below the water table; single and double 1/1 sash windows except entry bays; flat roof; parapet with scalloped pinnacles and diamond ornaments; denticulated festooned cornice with medallions; soldier brick lintels except stone foliated architrave trim on fifth floor; stone sills; 2 keystone arch entrances with denticulated cornice flanked by square pilasters; sidewalk awning; fire escapes; stone sill course on fifth floor; decorative diamond, square and rectangular panels; stone water table.
Subject Place
Location
Jersey City, NJ
Acquisition
Accession
2023.011
Source or Donor
John Amato
Acquisition Method
Donation
Made/Created
Date made
circa 1930 - circa 1970
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
Inscription
Location
Back of print
Transcription
2781/91 Hudson Blvd
Jersey City
2781/91 Hudson Blvd, Jersey City
Material/Technique
Handwritten
Type
Inscription
Location
Back of print
Transcription
MAGGIO STUDIOS
5524 BERGENLINE AVE.
WEST NEW YORK, N. J.
