Alton L. Craft House

5209 Sycamore Avenue | Riverdale | built 1951

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

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1946
Evelina Perkins sells this Stonehurst lot to Robert M. Haig, who passes it to an architect
Evelina Perkins, who began dividing the Stonehurst estate in 1937, sold this lot beside the old gardener's cottage to Robert M. Haig in 1946. Haig transferred it in 1950 to the architect Alton Craft, who designed his own home for the site.
“…was sold by Mrs. Perkins in 1946 to Robert M. Haig, who transferred it to the architect Alton Craft in 1950…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1950
Architect Alton L. Craft designs a neo-Colonial home for himself and his wife, Mildred
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Alton L. Craft, a University of Pennsylvania graduate with long ties to Riverdale, designed this house for himself and his wife, Mildred, and it was built in 1950-51. The two-story wood-frame house has a whitewashed brick veneer, a western wing and a one-story garage at the east, and it faces the estate's south private road. Its entrance sits under a wrought-iron portico, and an undulating brick wall edges the front yard.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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