247 Park Hill Avenue
Park Hill (2002)
approx. p. 401
2 1/2 -story house set on high rubblestone base; rubblestone first-story on front facade, first two stories on side elevation, tall chimney, and long stairway wails; shingles on second story of front facade and gable ends of side elevations; central entrance opens onto terrace, paneled door flanked by sidelights; overhanging second story with brackets and "Colonial" pendants; 8x8 windows; second story windows capped by pediments; one-story wing with shed roof on north elevation; shallow rectangular bay with shed roof above; two-story rear wing with steep roof; garage cut into northeast corner of terrace.
Noteworthy: There is a house on this lot in 1913, but stylistically, this house does not appear to be from that date.
Park Hill West (1994)
approx. p. 36
Two story, three bay, Colonial Revival style residence; rectangular plan; fieldstone first story, shingled second story; sidelighted central entrance with fluted pilasters; eight-over-eight double hung sash windows with shutters; overhanging second story with decorative pendants; gable roof; grade-level garage.
Related source item (1995 to 2005)
A scanned packet documents the later stewardship of a 1908 Richard Rummell painting of Park Hill, including Charles and Claire Shakeshaft's connection to the work, its restoration, and its later loan for public display.
- 2004 Correspondence, a Park Hill Recorder article, and a Yonkers Historical Society loan agreement document the later stewardship of the 1908 Park Hill painting. The article describes the painting as a detailed aerial rendering of South Yonkers and Park Hill, dated 1908, signed Richard Rummell, and executed in gouache and ink on brown paper. Source: Yonkers Historical Society.