290 Park Hill Avenue

Also listed as 294 Park Hill Avenue

Southeast corner Van Cortlandt Park Avenue and northeast corner Hillcrest Avenue.

Park Hill (2002)

Block: 224
Lot: 44, 48
Date: c. 1905 (before 1907)
Contributing: Yes
Architect: Left blank
Style: Arts and Crafts
Garage: Left blank
Shed: Left blank

Two-story and basement rectilinear house; cobblestone base and two-story angled bay; entrance set beneath porch with pointed arches and slender bulbous columns; pent roof between first and second stories; one-story sun porch with hip roof on north elevation; stone chimney; hip roof; garage in base below sun porch.

Alterations: Aluminum siding; top story and roof slopes removed after fire in 1950s. Side lot to south.

Park Hill (1984)

approx. pp. 154-155

Site: 119-40-0252
Date: 1910
Style: Vernacular
Condition: good
Material: cobblestone; shingles
Structure: wood frame with light members
Surroundings: woodland; residential

This is a 2 story vernacular house with aluminum siding, featuring a slightly sloped hip roof, pent roof above first story, a 2 story cobblestone bay, hip-roofed entrance, hip-roofed side porch, and a cobblestone chimney.

Surveyor: Alina Rodescu · Builder: American Real Estate Company