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B&W photo of apartment building at 117 Kensington Avenue, Jersey City.
Photograph
A sidewalk awning reads: 117. Leaves are on the trees. A circa 1950s automobile is parked along the curb.
2023.011.0124
Gelatin Print - silver bromide
Apartment building; H-shaped plan; 5 stories plus raised basement; 8 bays except 7 bays on first floor; brick façade with protruding and recessed piers; single, double and triple 6/1 sash windows except entry bay; flat roof; brick arcaded cornice; parapet with pinnacles; brick lintels and stone sills; arched window heads on fifth floor; pilasters flanking protruding piers; central entrance with portico, stone surround, pillars and arcaded cornice; sidewalk awning; brick planter box enclosure on ground floor; fire escape; stone sill course on second and fifth floors.
Jersey City, NJ
2023.011
John Amato
Donation
circa 1930 - circa 1970
Inscription
Back of print
117 Kensington Ave, Jersey City
Typewritten
