4637 Grosvenor Avenue

Riverdale | built 1920

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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. 1920

    Columbia professor Richard F. Bach builds a Dutch Colonial Revival house designed by the Salomonskys

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    This house was built in 1920 under permit 51-1920 for Richard F. Bach, a Columbia University professor who was its original owner and developer. Its architects were Edgar and Verna Cook Salomonsky. The flared gambrel roof, shed dormers and molded door surround mark the Dutch Colonial Revival style; the original garage door in the south wing was later turned into windows.

    “…built in 1920 for Richard F. Bach, at a time when the Fieldston neighborhood was being developed…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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