Queens · NYC landmark
New York Architectural Terra Cotta Works
42-10 to 42-16 Vernon Boulevard · Queens, New York City
The former factory office uses its own decorative clay products to show how the company supplied city buildings.
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NYFE Summary
The company used this office as a display of its products. Terra cotta is fired clay that can be molded into detailed shapes. It offered builders a cheaper alternative to carved stone and helped decorate buildings including Carnegie Hall, the Corbin Building and the Ansonia Hotel.
Twisted chimney pots, decorated window surrounds and carved-looking doorway panels demonstrate what the factory could make. The chimney pots also appeared in its sales catalog. The building once stood in front of a larger manufacturing and shipping complex along the river.
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