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]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ 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".
- ^ "Robert Colgate House", Landmarks Preservation Committee, October 13, 1970, LP-0673
External links
Media related to Robert Colgate House at Wikimedia Commons
- "MINING ENGINEER BUYS PERKINS COUNTRY HOME; Stonehurst, With 10 Acres, Passes to Spruille Braden, Who Will Reside There," The New York Times, October 11, 1922.
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