326 West 246th Street

Riverdale | built 1920

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

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1922
Dwight James Baum designs a Mediterranean Revival house for developer Albert E. Wheeler
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Albert E. Wheeler, working as a developer, had Dwight James Baum design this stucco-covered house, which went up in 1922-23. Facing West 246th Street, it has a round-arched entrance with a paneled wood door, a wrought-iron balconette over the center bay, a hipped slate roof and tall stucco end chimneys. A one-story garage wing sits on the east side and an enclosed porch on the west.
“…designed by architect Dwight James Baum, and built in 1922-23 for developer Albert E. Wheeler…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1935
Artist Stephen S. Picchetto hires Baum to enlarge his house
By 1927 the house belonged to Stephen S. Picchetto, an artist. In 1935-36 he brought back Dwight James Baum, the original architect, to design a major expansion of the house. The work was filed as alteration 551-1935, and the Commission found the enlarged house remarkably intact.
“By 1927, the house was owned by Stephen S. Picchetto, an artist, who in 1935-36 engaged Baum to design a major expansion of the house…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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