325 Park Hill Avenue

Two-and-one half story, multiple bay, random rubble, Medieval Revival residence; L-shaped plan; gable-roofed entrance porch with round-arched entrance; banked casement and round-arched windows; tiled intersecting gable roofs; multiple towering random rubble chimneys; arcaded second story porch; property is partially surrounded by brick and stone walls designed in a Japanese motif and featuring Toriis.

One story, frame, hipped roof tea house with exposed rafters.

Significance: Park Hill West (c. 2006), pp. 48-58, identifies Caspar W. Hodgson, founder of the World Book Company, among the prominent residents associated with Park Hill.

2 1/2-story, picturesquely massed rubblestone house set on very large plot; entrance faces north; one-story projecting entrance with round-arch door; leaded glass windows; peak and hip roofs with Spanish tile; tall chimneys; brick window surrounds; east elevation focuses on large round-arch window with leaded casements and iron balcony; south elevation with wide windows and iron balconies; wing to rear; one-story hip-roof pavilion with Spanish tile roof connected to breezeway to north of house; stone wall at sidewalk with concrete caps and Japanese inspired gates. A house appears on this lot by 1907 atlas, but this house does not appear to date that early; it may be a redesign of an earlier dwelling.

Significance: Park Hill (2002), p. 11 and pp. 742-755, identifies this property as the World Book House associated with Caspar W. Hodgson, founder of the World Book Company, and as one of the large residential parcels whose protection was an explicit preservation concern.

This is a 2 1/2 story brick house with Medieval Spanish influence with a terra-cotta tile roof and multiple dormers, large double-height and arched windows, multiple balconies and arched stone entrance with pediment. The garden includes oriental structures such as a pagoda-roofed shed and oriental gates.

Significance: Park Hill (1984), pp. 424-435, identifies Caspar W. Hodgson, founder of the World Book Company, among the prominent people who made Park Hill their home.