J. Kurtz and Sons Store Building is a historic commercial building in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens in New York City. It was built in 1931 and is a six-story, steel-frame building with two decorated sides in the Art Deco style. It is three bays by six bays and features a metal-framed windows with stepped pylon motif rising through all four floors. They are of cast aluminum with geometric designs. It was built to house a franchise of the J. Kurtz and Sons furniture store, founded by Jacob Kurtz in 1870.[2][3]

It was designated as a New York City Landmark in 1981, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1] Today it is a local The Children's Place franchise,[4] as well as other local shops and an office for the New York City Department of Probation.[5]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Larry E. Gobrecht (May 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: J. Kurtz and Sons Store Building". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved January 16, 2011. See also: "Accompanying five photos".
  3. ^ Jamaica Avenue, Queens (Forgotten New York)
  4. ^ The Children's Place - Jamaica Avenue, Queens, New York (Google Search)
  5. ^ Locations and Information (New York City Department of Probation)


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