228 Van Cortlandt Park Avenue
Also listed as 230 Van Cortlandt Park Avenue
Park Hill (2002)
approx. pp. 681-682
2 1/2-story house; rubblestone base; L-shaped porch supported by Doric columns and classical railings; large gambrel roof extending over porch; wide entrance to left with door, sidelights, and Doric pilasters; curved dormer on front elevation with curving casement windows and complex sash; round and angled oriels on south elevation.
Alterations: Aluminum and synthetic shingle siding.
Feature: Garage; one-story, non-contributing, brick garage at front of lot.
Significance: Park Hill (2002), pp. 742-755, identifies 230 Van Cortlandt Park Avenue as the home of Gus Hall, longtime head of the Communist Party USA.
Park Hill (1984)
approx. pp. 4-5
This is a 2-story Shingle Style house with a gambrel roof, multiple large rounded dormers, rounded corner windows with tracery, and entry porch with large Doric columns.
Feature: Garage
Surveyor: Alina Rodescu · Builder: American Real Estate Company
American Real Estate Company to Helena D. Williamson (1904)
This deed conveyed a 50-foot-wide parcel on the east side of Van Cortlandt Park Avenue, measured north from Lakeside Drive, corresponding to Lot 7 in Block 17. The restrictions largely follow the American Real Estate Company's early Park Hill residential controls: one single-family residence, company approval of architectural style, a minimum construction cost of $7,000, street and lot-line setbacks, and prohibitions on nuisance, industrial, stable, liquor, and other offensive uses. The deed text states a restriction expiration date of January 1, 1902, which is anomalous because the deed itself is dated May 10, 1904.