Supplement to Apartment Houses of the Metropolis, Hesselgren, New York, 1909.
Robert Fulton Court
Northeast Corner Broadway and 156th Street
The Metropolis could never offer a more ideal location for an apartment house than Broadway and 156th Street, the site of Robert Fulton Court. Directly facing the Collis P. Huntington HIspania Museum, a gem of architecture, and world famed, it looks down upon a view of unequaled splendor. Riverside Park and Drive, River and Palisades combine to make an outlook of scenic grandeur, ever beautiful, ever new.
Then add to this the transit facilities – a Subway express station almost at the door, and one block from several surface car lines – and one has a residential site unsurpassed in the Metropolis.
Apartments are ingeniously laid out in suites of 4, 5, 6 and 7 rooms, with extra servants’ toilet.
They are equipped with all the newest, up to date conveniences and the interior decorations and woodwork are of the finest and best workmanship.
So many innovations have been installed in Robert Fulton Court, that but a mere mention can be herein given, and necessitates itemizing a few, such as Dutch stein shelving and beamed ceilings in the dining rooms, hardwood polished flooring throughout the building, parquet flooring in parlors, dining rooms and libraries, garbage closets, porcelain tubs and sinks, glass lined refrigerators and the latest thing in gas ranges and broom closets in the kitchens, flushometer water closets, tiled walls and floors, and porcelain tubs and showers in the bath rooms. Long distance telephone in each apartment; plenty of closet room; storage rooms in basement; day and night elevator service; uniformed hall and elevator service. Fire extinguishing apparatus installed within the building.
The Building was constructed under the personal supervision of two of New York’s oldest builders, which is the best proof of its soundness and complete home appointments.
Size 100 feet by 100 feet. Rents from $13 to $15 a room.
Built by Gross & Herbener, 1909
Neville & Bagge, architects
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For a link to this document,, via the NY Public Library Digital Collection, which includes an image of the building, see:
digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-d9d3-a3d9-e040…
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For more information on this and other pre-war apartment buildings in Washington Heights, NYC, please see my article at:
untappedcities.com/2015/07/01/10-pre-war-apartment-house-…
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