Monroe

35-21 79th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372

Elevator Apartments
Cooperative (D4)
Owned by 35-21 79ST TENANTS CORP
82 units
Community District 403
City Council District 25
Police Precinct 115
Block/lot: 1279/58
Type: Apartment
Building Date: 1947-48 [NB 941-1945]
Stories: 6 with basement
Architect: William Hohauser
Style: Neo-Georgian (post-World War II)
Developer: Apartment Building Corp.

Designed by William Hohauser and built in 1947-48, the six-story-and-basement Monroe House is one of several apartment buildings constructed in the post-World War II era of development in Jackson Heights. Continuing the trend of the pre-War years, it is a large building on a mid-block site and planned wim two lightcourts which break up its long street front into three sections.

The brick facades of the Monroe House boast a modest application of Georgian-inspired ornamental details, limited to stone stringcourses at the base and top, an intermediate decorative brick band course, and small classically- inspired stone plaques at the parapet. The entrance, located in the wide central section, is cut into a broad cast-stone facing.

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