322 Park Hill Avenue

Southeast corner Rockland Avenue.

Park Hill (2002)

Block: 227
Lot: 39
Date: c. 1905 (before 1907)
Contributing: Yes
Architect: Left blank
Style: Arts and Crafts
Garage: c. 1905
Shed: Left blank

2 1/2-story, asymmetrical house; rubblestone base; entrance with Doric frieze set beneath modest porch that forms part of sweep of extended roof; two-story angled bay with polygonal roof to right of entrance; boxy oriel to left of entrance supporting projecting bracketed gable; additional oriel on second story; cross gables projecting at each level; brackets supporting gable projections; casement windows with leaded transoms.

Alterations: Asphalt siding.

Feature: Garage; one-story, stucco and half-timber garage set on high rubblestone base with diamond-pane windows and peak roof with shed dormers.

Noteworthy: An April 14, 1920 New York Times real-estate notice identifies this as the residence of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Owen Davis.

Park Hill (1984)

approx. pp. 166-167

Site: 119-40-0258
Date: 1905
Style: Vernacular
Condition: good; fair
Material: stone
Structure: wood frame with light members
Surroundings: woodland; residential

This is a 2 1/2 story vernacular house with gable roof and multiple cross gables, brackets, large hexagonal corner bay with hexagonal hip-roof, large cut-out arch on second story and multi-leveled side section.

Surveyor: Alina Rodescu · Builder: American Real Estate Company