4900 Goodridge Avenue

Riverdale | built 1917

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

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

1916
Dwight James Baum designs a Flemish-bond brick Colonial Revival house for the Delafield Estate
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Delafield Estate, Inc. had this house at 4900 Goodridge Avenue built in 1916-17 to plans by Dwight James Baum, one of the neighborhood's most prolific architects. Baum used brick laid in Flemish bond, splayed lintels and a molded wood cornice, with a one-story enclosed porch at the side. The Landmarks Preservation Commission reported no apparent major alterations.
“…designed by prolific Fieldston architect Dwight James Baum and built in 1916-17 for Delafield Estate, Inc.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1930
Washington National Bank president Victor J. Pere buys the house from Elizabeth Banfield
Through the 1920s the house belonged to Mrs. Elizabeth Banfield. In 1930 she sold it to Victor J. Pere, then the Washington National Bank of New York's president. The Landmarks Preservation Commission's report cites a New York Times item of September 20, 1930.
“…owned by Mrs. Elizabeth Banfield in the 1920s, who sold it in 1930 to Victor J. Pere, president of the Washington National Bank of New York…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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