United Workers Cooperatives

United Workers Cooperatives
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location:	2700-2870 Bronx Park E, New York, New York
Coordinates:	40°51′59″N 73°52′11″W / 40.86639°N 73.86972°W / 40.86639; -73.86972Coordinates: 40°51′59″N 73°52′11″W / 40.86639°N 73.86972°W / 40.86639; -73.86972
Area:	5.4 acres (2.2 ha)
Built:	1926
Architect:	Springsteen & Goldhammer; Jessor,Herman J.
Architectural style:	Tudor Revival
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	86002518 [1]
Added to NRHP:	September 11, 1986

United Workers Cooperatives, also known as Allerton Coops, is a historic apartment building complex located in The Bronx, New York, New York. 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.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ Merrill Hesch (July 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: United Workers Cooperatives". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=696. Retrieved 2011-01-12.  See also: "Accompanying eight photos". http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=697. 

External links

• United Workers' Cooperative Colony (The Coops), Flickr.com website