9 Bond Street: Great Neck Architect: Landmark Series

Great Neck Architecture

Architect: Jacob W. Sherman

9 Bond Street, Great Neck

Although conceived by a different architect, the original design mimicked that of 10 Grace Avenue, built three years earlier (see survey form for 10 Grace Avenue). In keeping with the Streamline Moderne, the building has a low, horizontal aspect, and is unified by the projecting band that runs along its entire length. The exterior walls were originally brick laid with headers at every third course. The parapet is coped with stone. The Bond Street corner of the building is rounded with two-inch pipe rails at the roofline. There are three porthole windows at the Grace Avenue elevation. The design included eight commercial spaces (currently there are seven). The basement provided storage for each store. Storefronts had aluminum and white plaster facing on fascias and bases. These are not extant.The pipe railings and porthole windows evoke the nautical feeling of the Streamline Moderne. The original storefronts, with their enframements of aluminum and white plaster, would have underscored the sleekness of the original building.

This building replaced an earlier building on the site, a one story office designed by Arthur C. Jackson for Grace Properties in 1940.

Frederick’s Luncheonette has been located in this building since shortly after it was built. A 1976 fire in Frederick’s resulted in extensive repairs and renovations.

Source: http://www.greatneckplaza.net/historic/vsurvey.php?p=911bond