284 College Road

Riverdale | built 1925

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

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1928
Charles Van Keuren's stucco house for food products businessman Lee P. Douglas is completed
Charles Van Keuren designed this Medieval Revival house, completed in 1928 for Lee P. Douglas, whose Lee P. Douglas food products company was at 225 Broadway in Manhattan. Its stucco-coated walls, slate gable roofs and an unusual polygonal timber-and-stucco entrance portico with Tudor-arched openings follow the design rules of the Fieldston Property Owners Association.
“…this house was comp leted in 1928 for owner Lee P. Douglas of the Lee P. Douglas food products company, which was lo cated at 225 Broadway…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1929
Lee Douglas hires Julius Gregory to alter the house, and again in 1937
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Owner Lee Douglas filed a $4,200 alteration in 1929 with architect Julius Gregory, work that may have enlarged or significantly redesigned the house Charles Van Keuren had drawn for him in 1925. Douglas brought Gregory back in 1937 for a further $2,000 of alterations.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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