United Workers Cooperatives

2700--2870 Bronx Park E, New York, New York. County/parish: Bronx.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 11, 1986. NRIS 86002518.

3 contributing buildings. 5 contributing structures.

Also known as:

  • Allerton Coops
  • Coops

From Wikipedia:

United Workers Cooperatives

United Workers Cooperatives, also known as Allerton Coops (colloquially Coops or Commie Coops), is a historic apartment building complex located at 2700–2870 Bronx Park East in Allerton, Bronx, New York City. The complex includes three contributing buildings and five contributing structures. The Tudor Revival style buildings were built during two construction campaigns, 1926–1927 and 1927–1929 by the United Workers' Association. The buildings feature half timbered gables, horizontal half-timbered bands topped with sloping slate roofs, corbelled and crenellated towers, and picturesque chimneys.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316531

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