Dr. Philip E. Smith House
316 West 245th Street | Riverdale | built 1930
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.
- 1930
Julius Gregory designs a many-winged house for Columbia professor Dr. Philip E. Smith
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Julius Gregory, one of Fieldston's most prolific architects, designed this Medieval Revival house, built in 1930 for Dr. Philip E. Smith, a Columbia University professor. Its footprint is a chain of wings of different heights under a steep roof with shed dormers, built while the Fieldston Property Owners Association still enforced strict design rules.
“…built in 1930 for owner Dr. Philip E. Smith, a professor at Columbia University…”
- 2003
Architect Edward C. Hicks adds front and east wings and simplifies the facades
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Between 2000 and 2003 the house was enlarged with additions on the front and east sides, designed by architect Edward C. Hicks, and its walls appear to have been simplified. The landmarks report therefore calls it an altered Medieval Revival house, though it still judged the building largely intact when the district was designated.
“…additions were made to the front and east facades in 2000-03 (architect: Edward C. Hicks).”
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