William H. Schofield House
65 Schofield Street | also 240 William Avenue | City Island | built 1910
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1860
The Schofield family's Italianate farmhouse goes up on City Island
Built around 1860 on the estate of William Schofield, whose family had settled on City Island in 1826, the clapboard farmhouse mixes the square plan and tall windows of the Italianate style with a Greek Revival flat roof. Paired brackets with acorn drops line the eaves beside octagonal windows, and a one-story veranda on turned posts runs across the front. An 1856 map already shows a structure on the property.
“This transitional Italianate style farmhouse was constructed around 1860 as part of the estate of William Schofield…”
- 1902
Oyster planter and shipper William H. Schofield lives here until his death
William Henry Schofield (1828-1902) inherited the family estate from his father and, unlike the farming elder Schofield, went into oyster planting and then a profitable shipping business. In 1865 he gave land for a schoolhouse at Orchard Street and City Island Avenue. He lived at 65 Schofield Street until he died in 1902, and his wife Sarah stayed on until her own death early in the 20th century.
- 2005
The Bruno family sells the house after holding it in equal shares
George and Alice Hawkins owned the house until 1959. Four members of the Bruno family, Florio, Vito, Robert and Mary, later held equal interests in it until 2005, when it was sold to Joseph M. Carano. By the time of its landmark designation it belonged to William L. and Sharon Salmon George, who restored it and built additions that the commission found harmonious with the original.
“The Bruno family, Florio, Vito, Robert, and Mary, owned equal interest in the property until 2005. The property was then sold to Joseph M. Carano…”
- 2016
The city designates the Schofield House a landmark six years after its first hearing
The Landmarks Preservation Commission first heard the case on January 19, 2010, but received six letters asking it to hold off and do more outreach to the owner. The house came back on October 8, 2015, in a special hearing on backlogged Bronx items, where the owners themselves were among six people testifying in favor. The commission voted to designate it on April 12, 2016.
“The Commission received six letters requesting that the Commission refrain from designating the building at that time and continue further outreach to the property owner.”
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