4575 Fieldston Road

Riverdale | built 1928

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

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1928
George Fulton Jr. designs a half-timbered Tudor Revival house for Henry F.A. Wolf
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Completed in 1928 to designs by George Fulton, Jr., this house was built for Henry F.A. Wolf. It combines brick with stucco and false half-timbering, and has slate-covered gable and hipped roofs, wooden dormers, hewn-wood details and a tall brick chimney. The Landmarks Preservation Commission found it largely intact when it designated the Fieldston Historic District.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1928
Bronx real estate executive Henry F.A. Wolf, later a city education chairman, owns the house
The first owner, Henry F.A. Wolf, headed the Henry F.A. Wolf Real Estate Company as its president; the firm's office stood at 549 East 138th Street in the Bronx. During the 1930s, according to the Landmarks Preservation Commission, he served as chairman of the New York City Department of Education.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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