240 Park Hill Avenue

3 1/2-story house; rubblestone first story, portion of second story, retaining wall, and posts at stair leading from sidewalk; door with three lights, flanked by multi-pane sidelights and Ionic columns supporting shallow projecting entablature with garland frieze and wreaths; brackets at ends of frieze support second-story balcony with railing set in front of large tripartite, multi-pane segmental-arch window; leaded-glass windows above; to right of entrance, shallow projecting wing with stone buttresses flanking segmental-arch tripartite window with leaded-glass upper sash on first story; pent roof separates first and second stories above this window; leaded-glass; Palladian window on second story; balcony on third story in front of leaded-glass tripartite window; round window to left of entrance in one-story wing capped by terrace; north facade with segmental-arch window on second story, similar to window above front entrance; window leads onto terrace; round oriel with conical roof, triplet leaded-glass window, and ornate cartouche at northwest corner; oriel, oval window, and side entrance set beneath deep bracketed hood on south facade; complex hip roof slopes; pedimented and eyebrow dormers; dormer on front elevation with ornate cartouche and diamond-panel frame; tall stone chimney. Side lot to south.

Feature: Garage; one-story, rubblestone, two-car garage built into hillside to south of house.

Significance: Park Hill (2002), pp. 742-755, identifies Arthur D. Furgeson of 244 Park Hill Avenue as leader of the Park Hill residents' syndicate that purchased the American Real Estate Company's remaining seventy lots and three mortgages in 1930 to preserve the community's high residential standards.

This is a 3 1/2 story, 2 bay, eclectic house, featuring a hip roof, multiple dormers, corner turret with conical roof, projecting bay with hip-roof and eyelid window, balcony, notable windows such as Palladian, three-part and arched windows, and entry portico with garland decoration.

Feature: Garage

Significance: Park Hill (1984), pp. 424-435, identifies Arthur D. Furgeson of 244 Park Hill Avenue as leader of the Park Hill residents' syndicate that purchased the remaining lots and mortgages from the American Real Estate Company in 1930.