4515 Waldo Avenue

Riverdale | built 1929

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

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

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  1. 1929

    Dr. Frank Melany builds a half-timbered Tudor Revival house

    Dr. Frank Melany commissioned this house from architect James MacKenzie, Jr., and it was built in 1928-29 (NB 762-1928) under the design rules of the Fieldston Property Owners Association. It rests on a solid fieldstone base, with half-timbered stucco walls, flared slate gables, steel casements and a prominent stucco chimney, plus a stone rear wing. The Landmarks Preservation Commission called it remarkably intact.

    “…designed by architect James MacKenzie, Jr., and built in 1928-29 for Dr. Frank Melany…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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