355 West 246th Street

Riverdale | built 1912

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.

1912
Mann & MacNeille finish one of Fieldston's oldest houses for Edward C. Delafield
The firm of Mann & MacNeille designed this Tudor Revival house, begun in 1911 and finished in 1912 for Edward C. Delafield. The Landmarks Preservation Commission counts it among the oldest houses in Fieldston. Fieldstone lower floors, a stucco attic with false half-timbering, slate gable roofs, a two-story wooden oriel on curved brackets and windows with diamond-shaped panes give it its character.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1919
Watch dealer John P.V. Heinmuller buys the Delafield house, then sells it to Louis Wolff
Edward C. Delafield sold the house in 1919 to John P.V. Heinmuller, a dealer in watches. In 1925 Heinmuller passed it on to Louis Wolff. The Landmarks Preservation Commission's report cites a New York Times item of June 11, 1925, headed "Home at Fieldston Sold."
“…who sold it to watch dealer John P.V. Heinmuller in 1919 ... Louis Wolff acquired the house from Heinmuller in 1925.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1936
Owner Harold G. Wolff pays $4,200 for work on the house
In 1936 the house's owner, Harold G. Wolff, had architect John C. Moore carry out work that cost $4,200, filed with the Buildings Department as alteration 410-1936. The Landmarks Preservation Commission's Fieldston report does not say what the work involved, but lists it as the house's one major alteration.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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