Robert Colgate House | |
Location | 5225 Sycamore Ave., Bronx, New York |
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Coordinates | 40°54′7″N73°54′45″W / 40.90194°N 73.91250°W Coordinates: 40°54′7″N73°54′45″W / 40.90194°N 73.91250°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1860 |
Architectural style | Italianate |
NRHP reference No. | 83001638 [1] |
NYCL No. | 0672 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | September 8, 1983 |
Designated NYCL | October 13, 1970 |
Robert Colgate House, also known as Stonehurst, is a historic home located in the Hudson Hill section of the Bronx in New York City. It was built about 1860 and is a two-story picturesque Italianate villa built of ashlar Maine granite. It features a low-pitched dormered roof with broad eaves surrounding a flat deck. It was built for Robert Colgate (1812–1885), son of pioneer soap manufacturer William Colgate. [2]
Colgate purchased the land in 1860 from Ann Cromwell; it had previously been owned by William G. Ackerman. The Riverdale Presbyterian Church was organized at a meeting held in Colgate's house in 1863. [3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1]
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