Robert Colgate House

Robert Colgate House
NYC Landmark #LP-0672
Robert Colgate House, June 2013
Location 5225 Sycamore Ave., Bronx, New York
Coordinates 40°54′7″N 73°54′45″W / 40.90194°N 73.91250°W / 40.90194; -73.91250Coordinates: 40°54′7″N 73°54′45″W / 40.90194°N 73.91250°W / 40.90194; -73.91250
Area less than one acre
Built 1860
Architectural style Italianate
NRHP reference # 83001638[1]
NYCL # LP-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]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  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 2010-06-12. See also: "Accompanying five photos".
  3. ↑ "Robert Colgate House", Landmarks Preservation Committee, October 13, 1970, LP-0673


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