Edward A. Kertscher House

375 West 250th Street | Riverdale | built 1921

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

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1920
C. Reincken designs a brick Medieval Revival house for Edward A. Kertscher
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Architect C. Reincken designed this Flemish bond brick house, built in 1920-21 at the corner of West 250th Street and Goodridge Avenue. Its Medieval Revival touches include a broad sloping slate hood over the entrance, eyebrow dormers, and tall chimneys with tapered bases and paired stacks. Landmarks staff judged it remarkably intact.
“This Medieval Revival style house was designed by architect C. Reincken and built in 1920-21 for Edward A. Kertscher…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1921
First owner Edward A. Kertscher heads a Manhattan cabinetmaking firm
The first owner, Edward A. Kertscher, was president of Kertscher & Co., a cabinetmaking firm on West 126th Street in Manhattan, at number 423. He commissioned the house from architect C. Reincken, and it was completed in 1921.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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