B&W photo of mixed-use apartment building at 555 Ocean Avenue, Jersey City.
Entry/Object ID
2023.011.0818
Description
A horse-drawn cart is parked at the corner. Storefront signage reads: GIG'S; MAGAZINES 5¢. Street signs read: ONE WAY; WILKINSON AVE; OCEAN AVE. A real estate sign on the fire escape reads: FOR SALE C.B. SNYDER. The street is a brick road with trolley tracks. Circa 1930s automobiles are parked along the curb.
Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Gelatin Print - silver bromide
Subject
Mixed-use apartment building; corner lot; rectangular plan; 3 stories; 3 bays on front façade and 7 bays on side façade except storefronts on ground floor; brick façade with rotated brick panels and horizontal bands; 1/1 sash windows; 2 oriels on the second and third floors with panels and pediments; flat roof; bracketed and denticulated cornice; paneled frieze; molded denticulated cornice above storefronts; flat arch lintels and stone sills; offset wood and glass double-door door entrance with keystone surround; brick quoining on second and third floors; fire escapes; chimneys.
