85 Rockland Avenue

Southwest corner Crest Place.

Park Hill (2002)

approx. pp. 625-626

2 1/2-story shingle house; rubblestone base; symmetrical massing; main entrance faces Crest Place; two-story, rounded portico with Ionic columns; Ionic end pilasters; central entrance with segmental-arch, leaded fanlight and leaded sidelights; heavy wood door; entrance flanked by multi-pane French doors; second story with multi-paned sash; central 8x8 window flanked by 4x4 sidelights; hip roof with round-arch and Palladian dormers with Gothic sash; modillioned cornice; one-story, rounded porch with Doric columns on east side, facing Rockland Avenue; rubblestone chimney rises through side porch.

Alterations: Addition of east porch.

Feature: Garage; one-story, two-car clapboard building with hip roof, modillion cornice, and paneled pilasters.

Noteworthy: A February 15, 1951 New York Times real-estate notice identifies this house as the former home of silent-film-era actress Hope Hampton.

Park Hill (1984)

approx. pp. 92-93

This is a 2 1/2 story, 3 bay Colonial Revival style house of various building materials with hipped asphalt roof, multiple dormers, two story Ionic portico, sidelights with tracery, continuous front-side porch, notable windows, and modillioned cornice.

Feature: Garage

Surveyor: Alina Rodescu ยท Builder: American Real Estate Company

Park Hill Homes (1912)

approx. p. 12

The 1912 *Park Hill Homes* booklet illustrates this as a full-page 1911 home at 85 Rockland Avenue.

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