SOUTH SIDE · HUNTERS POINT HISTORIC DISTRICT

21-36–21-40
45th Avenue

Gabled houses in the streetscape.

Recorded construction date
1890
Historic group
3 buildings
Architectural description
Simplified Queen Anne
Recorded materials
Wood construction

Architectural descriptions draw on LPC’s 1968 designation report. Current condition, legal occupancy and alteration approvals require an address-specific review. These profiles are historical research, not listings.

What LPC recorded

LPC described three wood houses dating to 1890, with simplified Queen Anne character, two stories over basements and gabled roofs. They introduce another construction type into a district often associated with brick and stone.

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The report noted asbestos-shingle cladding in 1968. This is a historical record; it neither identifies the current wall assembly nor constitutes an environmental diagnosis.

For a buyer, the next step is to establish what is there today. The layers of a wall, prior alterations and concealed timber condition need a current investigation tailored to the property.

Questions to take to the showing

  • What is the current cladding assembly, and is specialist testing or investigation appropriate?
  • Is there evidence of moisture entry at roofs, openings or the base of exterior walls?
  • What do historic records and later permits show about façade changes?

These questions are a research starting point, not findings of a defect or assurance about the property. For the full sequence—from lawful use to insurance—see the buyer’s guide.

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21-34 45th Avenue: a house with its own expression.

Historical source: Hunters Point Historic District designation report, LP-0450, May 15, 1968. Architectural information reflects that report, not a current survey.

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