Robert Colgate House

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Robert Colgate House
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Robert Colgate House
Location5225 Sycamore Ave., Bronx, New York
Coordinates 40°54′7″N73°54′45″W / 40.90194°N 73.91250°W / 40.90194; -73.91250 Coordinates: 40°54′7″N73°54′45″W / 40.90194°N 73.91250°W / 40.90194; -73.91250
Arealess than one acre
Built1860
Architectural style Italianate
NRHP reference No. 83001638 [1]
NYCL No.0672
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 8, 1983
Designated NYCLOctober 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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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Larry E. Gobrecht (August 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Robert Colgate House". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved June 12, 2010.See also: "Accompanying five photos".
  3. "Robert Colgate House", Landmarks Preservation Committee, October 13, 1970, LP-0673

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