Griswold Hall History: The Griswold was built in 1937 . The architect, Mr. Joshua Tabatchnik, built 10 other buildings in Jackson Heights (including our sister building, the Saybrook, at 85-10 34th Avenue).
From 1937-1940, he designed and built 8 other buildings in Jackson Heights:
- Allendale Apartments, 34-20 82nd Street
- Belvedere Apartments, 84-12 35th Avenue
- Berkeley Hall, 77-12 35th Avenue
- Berkeley Apartments, 35-25 77th Street
- Fairway Hall, 76-09 34th Avenue
- The Arlington, 79-05 35th Avenue
- Jefferson Hall, 78-12 35th Avenue
- The Litchfield, 35-43 84th Street
Jackson Heights was first developed by the Queensboro Corporation, which built such well-known Co-ops as The Chateau (designed by Andrew Thomas), The Greystones and Hawthorne Court which were designed by architect, George Wells.
February 27, 1938, Sunday
Section: REAL ESTATE, APARTMENTS, BUILDING NEWS, CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
SHOW APARTMENT SUITE: Novel Feature Planned for Long Island Home Exhibit
A complete four-and-a-half-room apartment suite will be erected on the floor of the Long Island National Home Show by the Queensboro Corporation of Jackson Heights, Edward F. Hosinger, general chairman of the show, announced yesterday. The show will be held at the Jamaica Armory from April 30 to May 7, under the sponsorship of the Long Island Real Estate Board, with the cooperation of the FHA.
The model will be of full size and will be an exact duplicate of one recently designed by Joshua Tabatchnik, architect. It consists of a kitchen and dining alcove that form a separate unit; a large entrance foyer that leads into the living room, which has a study alcove with two exposures, and two bedrooms and baths off a separate hall, entirely apart from the living quarters.
Commenting on his firm’s participation in the show, Edward A. MacDougall, president of the Queensboro Corporation, said that it will give an opportunity to demonstrate to prospective residents of Long Island the advances which have been made in apartment life.
He pointed out that Queens is the fastest-growing residential section in the country, due largely to the development recently of highway and transit facilities. Carl G. Skog and Robert R. Lassiter, vice presidents of the corporation, will direct the erection and planning of the apartment .
September 12, 1936, Saturday
Section: financial, Page 29
Jackson Heights Block Bought for Apartments
Henry Friedland & Sons, builders, have purchased from the Queensboro Corporation the block front on the south side of Thirty-fourth Avenue, between Eighty-sixth and Eighty-seventh Streets, Jackson Heights, through King & King, Inc.
The plot, 200 by 115 feet, will be improved with a six-story elevator apartment house.
There will be eighty-five apartments in the house, which the builders plan to have ready for occupancy next spring.