4547 Delafield Avenue

Riverdale | built 1929

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

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1928
R.C. Hunter & Bro. design a brick neo-Classical house for Captain Gaetano Giallorenzi
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Captain Gaetano Giallorenzi was the original owner of this two-story house, built in 1928-29 to designs by R.C. Hunter & Bro. It is built of brick laid in American bond, with a prominent brick chimney. Its centerpiece is an elaborate entry with a paneled door, quoined surround, flanking pilasters and a concave roof.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1965
The Giallorenzi family's ownership of the house comes to an end
According to the owner at the time of the Fieldston historic district designation, Captain Gaetano Giallorenzi and then his heirs held this house until 1965. The Landmarks Preservation Commission found it largely intact, its ornate main entry, brick walls and tall chimney still in place.
“According to the current owner, Giallorenzi, and later his heirs, owned the house until 1965.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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