Daughters of Jacob Home and Hospital, ca. 1920.

Bronx architect Louis Allen Abramson designed the building of the Home and Hospital of the Daughters of Jacob with eight wings that radiated from the center, like the spokes of a wheel. Completed in 1916, the expansive building serviced as a Jewish nursing home, its unique layout providing the residential spaces with light and air access on three sides. In the late 1960s, the neighborhoods demographics had changed dramatically and the nursing home considered a move out of the city. Instead they elected to remain in their home and renovate and expand to continue their mission. Architect Abramson was hired once again (he was in his mid 80s by 1970) to design a modern senior apartment complex adjacent to the old home. Completed in late 1971, the new structure allowed the old building to be emptied, gutted, and brought up to code. The historic exterior of the old building was preserved and a second new building, to serve as a geriatric center, was completed later in the decade. Today both the 1971-built Abramson residence and the later Triboro Center are connected to the 1916 main building by pedestrian bridges.