47 Rockland Avenue
Park Hill (2002)
approx. pp. 602-603
2 1/2-story house set on high rubblestone base and stair; base pierced by semi-circular openings; porch rests on high base, with stone bases supporting paired and triple Doric columns; pediment on porch leading to entry; entrance with sidelights; three-sided, angled bay on second story; cross gables; Palladian window in front gable; on north elevation, one-story and basement, three-sided, angled bay supporting projecting second story and projecting gable; bracketed eaves.
Alterations: Aluminum siding.
Feature: Garage; possibly a shed originally. One-story, shingle building with rubblestone base and peak roof.
Park Hill (1984)
approx. pp. 68-69
This 2 1/2 story house is a good example of the Shingle Style employing various building materials, gabled roof with multiple cross gables, oriel and bay windows, Palladian window, sidelights, overhanging eaves, vergeboards, and multiple porches.
Feature: Shed
Noteworthy: Palladian window
Surveyor: Alina Rodescu · Builder: American Real Estate Company
American Real Estate Company to Charles Besson Jr. (1909)
This deed conveyed Plot 24 in Block 21 on the 1906 amended Park Hill map, a Rockland Avenue parcel described by metes and bounds between Park Hill Place and Hillcrest Avenue. It carried the usual Park Hill restrictions: single-family residential use until January 1, 1920, one qualifying building, minimum construction cost of $8,000, setback limits, no flat or mansard roof, nuisance and industrial-use prohibitions, and the earlier Young Ladies' School covenant from the American Real Estate Company to Anne Brown deed for Highcliff Hall / School for Girls. The deed also states that a building already stood on the premises and conformed to those restrictions.
Related source item (1947)
- 1947 A City of Yonkers survey by The Steinkamp Company shows 47 Rockland Avenue on Rockland Avenue near Hillcrest Avenue and Park Hill Place. The drawing identifies the "Amended Map of Park Hill," filed September 17, 1906 as Map No. 1655, and labels the 2 1/2-story frame dwelling, open porch, porch steps, separate frame garage, hedges, dry stone walls, a stone wall, and lot measurements. Source: City of Yonkers Department of Housing and Buildings.