5251 Sycamore Avenue

Riverdale | built 1954

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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. 1953

    Hall & Paufue design a one-story concrete-block house for Walter E. Kelley

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    Walter E. Kelley had this house built in 1953-54 northwest of the foot of the north private road, on land split off from the Cromwell (Stonehurst) estate. Designed by the firm of Hall & Paufue, it is a one-story, roughly U-shaped house of concrete block with stucco and wood finishes, opening to the east, with low slate gabled roofs on bracketed eaves and a chimney in each wing. Because it sits on steeply sloping ground, it is hard to see from public spots inside the district, though parts are visible from Riverdale Park to the west.

    “…this house was built in 1953 northwest of the foot of the north private road. It was designed by Hall & Paufue for Walter E. Kelley.”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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