32 Undercliff Street

Lower Elevator House; three and one-half story, two major bay, frame Medieval Revival-inspired style depot; rectangular plan; round-arched recessed entrance with half-round porch; large round-arched and six-over-one double hung sash windows; half-timbering; small side tower with octagonal roof; random-rubble chimneys; intersecting gabled roof. Extensively rebuilt 1992-1993 after fire.

Significance: Park Hill West (c. 2006), pp. 48-58, identifies this as the lower depot for the 1893 incline elevator, a Medieval Revival structure incorporating half-timbering, bay windows, and a prominent stone porte-cochere; although rebuilt after fire damage, it remains part of the surviving elevator-house pair associated with Park Hill's early commuter amenities.

Lower Elevator House; 4 1/2-story building; rubblestone base; stucco and half timber above; one-story rubblestone entrance porch; shingle gables; tall stone chimneys.

Alterations: Extensively rebuilt in 1992-93 following fire.

Significance: Park Hill (2002), pp. 742-755, identifies this as the lower depot for the 1893 incline elevator, a Neo-Tudor structure incorporating half-timbering, bay windows, and a prominent stone porte-cochere; although rebuilt after fire damage in 1992-93, it remains part of the surviving elevator-house pair associated with Park Hill's early commuter amenities.

This is a 3 story eclectic house with a gable roof and multiple cross gables. There are numerous porch projections, large overhanging eaves and half-timbering throughout.

Noteworthy: Originally base of elevator for Park Hill

Alterations: Windows modernized

Significance: Park Hill (1984), pp. 424-435, identifies this as the lower depot of the elevator house, a Pseudo-Medieval structure with half-timbering, bay windows, and a stone porte-cochere, later covered with modern siding.

The 1912 *Park Hill Homes* booklet illustrates the lower elevator house from the Putnam Division railroad station.

The illustrated view shows a large multi-story building on a wooded hillside, reached by a long, steep wooden staircase with railings and surrounded by bare trees and stone retaining walls.