4650 Fieldston Road

also 4660 Fieldston Road | Riverdale | built 1921

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

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1921
Dwight James Baum completes a sprawling neo-Classical house for Edna A. Hoffman
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Edna A. Hoffman's house, designed by Dwight James Baum, was finished in 1921. A monumental two-story portico with Corinthian columns dominates the center of the front, and its pediment carries a shield and swags among the classical ornament.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1945
Bank president Major Harvey L. Schwamm buys the Hoffman house
Edna A. Hoffman sold her house in 1945 to Major Harvey L. Schwamm, the president of the National Bronx Bank of New York. The sale was reported in the New York Times of March 10, 1945.
“Hoffman sold the house in 1945 to Major Harvey L. Schwamm, president of the National Bronx Bank of New York…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1961
Guinea's chief United Nations delegate Telli Diallo lives in the house
By 1961 the house was home to Telli Diallo, who headed the Republic of Guinea's delegation to the United Nations. The landmarks commission lists a New York Times item of August 28, 1961, among its references for the house.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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