3 Wendover Road

Also listed as 1 Wendover Road

Northeast corner Rumsey Road.

Park Hill (2002)

approx. p. 708

2 1/2-story shingle house; rubblestone base; entrance slightly to left of center; door with sidelights with Gothic sash; portico supported by paired Doric columns with pediment; stairs to entrance parallel to street; single 12x1 window to left, two 12x1 windows to right, and four 12x1 windows on second story; window with complex web sash above eighteen square panes on second story in center; bracketed cornice; peak roof with pedimented dormers with Gothic sash; one-story wing with Doric columns to west; brick chimney; shallow one-story wing to east; rear with entrance beneath pedimented hood supported by brackets.

Alterations: One-story wing probably originally an open porch.

Feature: Garage; one-story shingle building with rubblestone base and peak roof.

Significance: Park Hill (2002), pp. 742-755, identifies Joseph Lapchick, basketball coach and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, among prominent residents associated with Park Hill and places him at 3 Wendover Road.

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