248 Van Cortlandt Park Avenue

2 1/2-story house with complex massing; house set high above street with rubblestone retaining wall capped by brick railing; one-story sun porch set at an angle extending to northeast; rounded tower with conical roof and pedimented dormer at angle of "V"; tower has rubblestone first story and brick above with French-inspired raised diaper pattern; main section of house with rubblestone first story and shingle above; three-sided, angled bay; peak roof; brick chimney; sun porch with high rubblestone base and multi-pane window sash; one-story, three-sided, angled bay on south side elevation; rear entrance with hood.

This is a 2 1/2 story Shingle Style house with a gable roof, multiple dormers, central turret with conical roof, multi-sided enclosed porch projecting out into landscape with multi-sided hipped roof, and bay windows.