J. Kurtz & Sons Store
- Year
- 1931
- Style
- Art Deco
- City
- Queens, NY
The J. Kurtz & Sons Store Building at 162-24 Jamaica Avenue is a six-story, steel-frame Art Deco commercial building completed in 1931. It was built to house a franchise of the J. Kurtz and Sons furniture store, a business founded by Jacob Kurtz in 1870.
the building
Stepped pylon windows. Metal-framed windows with a stepped pylon motif rise through all four upper floors, framed in cast aluminum with geometric Art Deco designs across two decorated facades.
the style
The building's Art Deco detailing, concentrated on its two street-facing sides, marked it as a modern commercial statement for the Kurtz furniture business on Jamaica Avenue.
More on Art Decosignificance
Designated a New York City Landmark in 1981 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The building today houses a Children's Place franchise, other local shops, and an office of the New York City Department of Probation.
nearby
- Jamaica Savings Bank
- La Casina
- Grace Episcopal Church Complex
- First Reformed Church
- King Manor
- Church of the Resurrection