4663 Waldo Avenue

Riverdale | built 1901

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1. 1916

   Dwight James Baum finishes a house for attorney J. M. Richardson Lyeth

   Dwight James Baum designed this house for J. M. Richardson Lyeth under a 1915 permit; it was completed in 1916. Lyeth was an attorney with Carter, Ledyard & Millburn, whose offices were at 54 Wall Street in Manhattan.

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

2. 1932

   After a major fire, Baum rebuilds the Lyeth house in a new neo-Classical form

   A serious fire in 1932 badly damaged the house, and Dwight James Baum, its original architect, rebuilt and redesigned it for owner J. M. Richardson Lyeth. The first version, photographed in the journal Architecture in June 1918, had broad overhanging eaves, gabled dormers and one-story corner wings with Palladian openings. The rebuilt stucco house instead shows a big triangular pediment with a round window and foliate ornament, plus corner quoins.

   “Following a major fire in 1932, the house was substantially rebuilt and redesigned by Baum…”

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

3. 1961

   J. M. Richardson Lyeth Jr. adds a swimming pool and cabana to the hillside grounds

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   The Lyeth family made a series of changes to the house. Helen Lyeth had a covered passage built to the driveway in 1959, and in 1961-62 J. M. Richardson Lyeth Jr. added a one-story cabana, a swimming pool and a rear sun porch, designed by William T. Meyer. The sun porch was later enlarged and enclosed, and in 2004 owner Sandra Kahn added two bays to the second floor of the east front.

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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