225 Van Cortlandt Park Avenue

2 1/2-story shingle house; rubblestone base; front porch with paired Doric columns set on rubblestone bases; porch extends passed facade; pediment on porch above stair; rectangular entrance; row of four casement windows to right of entrance; triple window with double-hung sash to left; three-sided, angled bay on second story to left; two square, diamond-pane casements to right; cross gable roofs; Palladian window in front gable with web sash in round arch; rubblestone chimney; oval window with web sash, boxy oriel, and first-story, three-sided, angled bay on north facade; south side with three-sided, angled bay on first story; bay and brackets support projecting, second story; diamond-pane casements and stained-glass double-hung windows.

Feature: Garage; one-story, hip-roof structure with stucco siding.

Noteworthy: Mid-1950s Westchester County land records connect Puerto Rican actress, singer, and dancer Marquita Rivera, recorded as Marquita Rivera Biscardi and Margaret Biscardi, with the Van Cortlandt Park Avenue lots.

This is a 2 1/2 story Shingle Style house with a cross gabled roof, pent roof with gable and pediment over entrance, bay and oriel windows, Palladian window, and continuous front-side porch with stone piers and columns.