Fairmount Apartments (Jersey City, New Jersey)
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{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Fairmount Apartments
| nrhp_type =
| image = Fairmount Hotel Apartments.jpg
| caption =
| location = 2595 Kennedy Boulevard, Jersey City, New Jersey
| coordinates = {{coord|40|43|33|N|74|4|23|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = USA New Jersey Hudson County#New Jersey#USA
| area = {{convert|0.6|acre}}
| built = 1909
| architect = Newman and Harris
| architecture = Classical Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman
| added = March 3, 1995
| designated =
| refnum = 95000183{{cite web|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/nrhp|title=National Register of Historic Places Listings|access-date=2010-02-25}}
| designated_other1_name = New Jersey Register of Historic Places
| designated_other1_abbr = NJRHP
| designated_other1_link = New Jersey Register of Historic Places
| designated_other1_date = December 9, 1994
| designated_other1_number = 1480{{cite web|title=New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Hudson County |url=http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/lists/hudson.pdf |publisher=New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office |page=6 |date=July 7, 2009 |accessdate=October 15, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100705114811/http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/lists/hudson.pdf |archivedate=July 5, 2010 }}
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The Fairmount Apartments, also known as the Grand Lady of Jersey City, are located in Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. The Apartments were added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 3, 1995. The Apartments are an example of an early twentieth century Arts and Crafts style apartments.[http://www.njcu.edu/programs/jchistory/Pages/F_Pages/Fairmount_Hotel.htm NJCU: JC AtoZ: Fairmount Hotel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528054824/http://www.njcu.edu/programs/jchistory/Pages/F_Pages/Fairmount_Hotel.htm |date=2010-05-28 }} Accessed January 1, 2009. The building consists of two L-shaped {{frac|4|1|2}}-story brick-and-concrete structures connected by a 1-story structure.
History
The Fairmount Apartments were designed by the firm of Newman and Harris. The eastern section was constructed in 1909 and the western section was built in 1912.{{cite news| url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1909/03/04/101868820.pdf | work=The New York Times | title=IN THE REAL ESTATE FIELD; William F. Havemeyer Sells $600,000 Plot for Improvement -- Another Fourth Avenue Project -- Tucker Estate Auction Very Successful | date=March 4, 1909}} There were 33 apartments in each section. The building was purchased in 1962 by Father Divine.{{Cite web |url=http://www.libertynet.org/fdipmm/hotels/fairmont.html |title='The Divine Fairmount Hotel, Integrated the Hotel System in Jersey City..' |access-date=October 9, 2012 |archive-date=September 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910023413/http://www.libertynet.org/fdipmm/hotels/fairmont.html |url-status=dead }} The building was renovated in 1995 and currently has 59 apartments of senior residences.
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External links
- [https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=2595+Kennedy+Boulevard,+jersey+city&sll=40.654497,-74.126218&sspn=0.000497,0.000862&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=2595+John+F+Kennedy+Blvd+W,+Jersey+City,+Hudson,+New+Jersey+07306&ll=40.725635,-74.072761&spn=0.000984,0.001725&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=40.725572,-74.072874&panoid=1nuQjX9M68jLvAR08zu_KA&cbp=12,316.15,,0,-10.98 View of Fairmount Apartments] via Google Street View
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{{NRHP in Hudson County, New Jersey}}
Category:History of Jersey City, New Jersey
Category:Buildings and structures in Jersey City, New Jersey
Category:Residential buildings completed in 1909
Category:Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
Category:Apartment buildings in New Jersey
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Hudson County, New Jersey
Category:Apartment buildings in Jersey City, New Jersey
Category:New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Category:American Craftsman architecture in New Jersey
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