75 Edgecliff Terrace

Also listed as 1 Rock Place

Facing Edgecliff Terrace.

Park Hill (2002)

Block: 229
Lot: 12
Date: c. 1925
Contributing: Yes
Architect: Left blank
Style: Colonial Revival
Garage: Left blank
Shed: Left blank

2-story brick house set on a very large lot high above Rockland Avenue, Edgecliff Terrace, and Park Hill Place; rubblestone and brick retaining wall; L-shaped massing; one-story, three-sided, angled entrance pavilion in angle of L; round-arch entrance; rectangular, multi-pane windows; clapboards in gables; pediments on second story project above roof line; peak roof with slate shingles; one-story and basement wing to east with garage in base.

Significance: Park Hill (2002), pp. 742-755, identifies 1 Rock Place as the home of Alfred McCann, Jr. and Dora McCann, WOR radio personalities who broadcast their show from the house.

Park Hill (1984)

approx. pp. 40-41

Site: 119-40-0158
Date: c. 1920
Style: Vernacular
Condition: good
Material: clapboard; stone; brick; slate
Structure: wood frame with light members; masonry load bearing walls
Surroundings: woodland; residential

This is a 2 1/2 story vernacular house with slate gable roof; multiple cross gables and pedimented dormers. The entryway is at the intersection of gables with three-part sloping roof. Front of house not accessible.

Feature: Patio/hillside

Surveyor: Diane Lutters · Builder: American Real Estate Company