W. S. Pendleton House

22 Pendleton Place | New Brighton | built 1855

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1855
A shingled Gothic Revival villa with a tower is built above the Kill Van Kull
The W. S. Pendleton House dates from about 1855: a two-and-a-half-story wooden house with a basement, steep gables and a prominent tower capped by a pyramidal roof. Scalloped bargeboards trim the entrance gable and dormers, every window is glazed with diamond-shaped panes, and the roofs carry diamond-shaped shingles. A greenhouse and two one-story wings on the west side were added later.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1969
March 4
The city makes the Pendleton House a landmark as a rare Gothic Revival home
The Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the house on March 4, 1969, following a hearing on September 13, 1966, at which four witnesses spoke in favor and none against; the owner also supported it. The commission described the house as a rare survivor in New York City of Gothic Revival domestic architecture, with a striking profile on its high site.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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