McKiever house

4490 Fieldston Road | also 430 West 245th Street | Riverdale | built 1927

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

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1925
Suburban-house specialist Rowland Cocks Hunter designs the house
Rowland Cocks Hunter graduated from Columbia University in 1911 and had a Manhattan office through the 1920s, concentrating on big suburban houses in New Jersey, Connecticut and Long Island that were often published in the press. He later drew a "typical" Colonial Revival house for the 1938 National Homes Exposition. His firm, R.C. Hunter & Bro., designed two picturesque Fieldston houses in the 1920s, including this one.
“Rowland Cocks Hunter received a degree from Columbia University in 1911 ... designed a "typical" Colonial Revival style house for the 1938 National Homes Exposition.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1927
Fireproofing businessman Edward H. McKiever builds a Mediterranean Revival house facing West 245th Street
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Edward H. McKiever, owner of a fireproofing business, had this two-story brick house built in 1925-27, designed by R.C. Hunter & Brother and erected by the Manhattan Material Company. Though addressed on Fieldston Road, its symmetrical front looks onto West 245th Street, with a low clay-tile roof, an arched doorway crowned by a cornice and urn, a wrought-iron balcony and a walled patio.
“…built in 1925-27 for owner Edward H. McKiever ... McKiever owned a fireproofing business.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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