B&W photo of mixed-use apartment building at 245 Garden Street, Hoboken.
Entry/Object ID
2023.011.0013
Description
Ground floor storefront signage reads: CANDY SODA ABBOTTS ICE CREAM; 243 LEADER MARKET; FREE MOTHPROOFING. A real estate sign posted on a corner column reads: SOLD C.B. SNYDER. The frieze above the portico entrance flanked by columns reads: ELIZABETH. Circa 1950s automobiles are parked along the curb.
Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Gelatin Print - silver bromide
Subject
Mixed-use row house apartment building; corner lot; attached on one side; rectangular plan; 5 stories; 7 bays except 5 bays on side including 4 three-sided oriels and ground floor storefronts; stone façade on the second floor and brick façade on the third, fourth and fifth floors; single 1/1 sash windows except entry bays and ground floor storefronts; flat roof; denticulated cornice; keystone flat arch lintels on second, third and fourth floors, festooned window heads on fifth floor; stone sills; portico residential entrance with arched doorway, columns and frieze that reads ELIZABETH; 2 corner commercial wood and glass double-door entrances; 2 fire escapes with scrolled iron balconies; recessed brick and stone panels between windows on the fifth floor; stone sill courses on the third, fourth and fifth levels.
