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Wildcliff
Location: 42 Wildcliff Rd., New Rochelle, New York Coordinates: 40°54′23″N 73°46′12″W / 40.90639°N 73.77°WCoordinates: 40°54′23″N 73°46′12″W / 40.90639°N 73.77°W Built: 1852 Architect: Davis, Alexander Architectural style: Mid 19th Century: Gothic Revival, Late 19th & 20th Century: Tudor Revival[2] Governing body: Local NRHP Reference#: 02001656
[1]Added to NRHP: December 31, 2002 Wildcliff, also referred to as the Cyrus Lawton House, is a historic residence overlooking Long Island Sound in New Rochelle in Westchester, New York. The 20-room house, , built in about 1852, was designed by prominent architect Alexander Jackson Davis in the gothic revival style. Tudor architectural features were added by a later owner.[3][4][5][6]
Clara Prince, whose family acquired the house in 1913, donated Wildcliff to the City of New Rochelle in 1940. She intended for it to be used as a natural science museum. It has since been used for that and other purposes, including a performing arts center.[3][6] The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 31, 2002. [1] It had fallen into disrepair, and an extensive restoration project was initiated in 2006 to replace the slate roof and make numerous interior improvements.[4][5]
Since late 2010, the local organization Jen's Community at Wildcliff has been working with the City of New Rochelle and its citizens to bring awareness to the building and to create a preschool and education center.[7]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places Registration Form description
- ^ a b The Preserver - Highlighting New Rochelle's Rich Past
- ^ a b Roberta Hershenson, Vision Takes On Reality as Group Inches Closer to a Stage of Its Own, The New York Times, March 26, 2006
- ^ a b 2006 EPF Grant Awards, Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, October 20, 2006
- ^ a b Andrew S. Dolkart and Peter D. Shaver (June 3, 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Wildcliff / Cyrus Lawton House". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=101366. Retrieved 2010-06-19. and Accompanying 6 photos, exterior and interior, from 2002
- ^ Jen's Community at Wildcliff>
Further reading
- Davis, Alexander Jackson, Day Book vol.2, October 1853 - December 1869 (collection Columbia University, Avery Library)
- Davis, Alexander Jackson, Diary' [Journal] (collection Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Prints and Drawings)
- Peck, Amelia, ed., Alexander Jackson Davis: American Architect 1803 - 1892. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art and Rizzoli, 1992.
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- Gothic Revival architecture in New York
- Houses completed in 1852
- Houses in Westchester County, New York
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