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Phase IA Archaeological and Architectural Assessment Lecount Phase IA Archaeological and Architectural Assessment LeCount Square Urban Renewal Project Bounded by North Avenue, Huguenot Street, Anderson Street and LeCount Place Including Block 231, Lots 9, 15, 19, 23, and 27 and the adjacent roadbeds of Anderson Street and LeCount Place New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York Phase IA Archaeological and Architectural Assessment LeCount Square Urban Renewal Project Bounded by North Avenue, Huguenot Street, Anderson Street and LeCount Place Including Block 231, Lots 9, 15, 19, 23, and 27 and the adjacent roadbeds of Anderson Street and LeCount Place New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York Prepared For: Cappelli Enterprises, Inc. 115 Stevens Avenue Valhalla, NY 10595 Prepared By: Historical Perspectives, Inc. P.O. Box 3037 Westport, CT 06880 Author: Julie Abell Horn, M.A., R.P.A. September 2005 MANAGEMENT SUMMARY SHPO Project Review Number (if available): None Involved State and Federal Agencies: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, United States Postal Service Phase of Survey: Phase IA Archaeological and Architectural Assessment Location Information Location: Block 231, Lots 9, 15, 19, 23, and 27 in New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York. The block is bounded by Huguenot Street on the northwest, North Avenue on the southwest, Anderson Street on the southeast, and LeCount Place on the northeast. The project site also includes land south of Anderson Street between North Avenue and LeCount Place, formerly known as Block 228, Lots 19 and 20, but which is now unlotted and is designated as “city open space.” Last, the project site includes two roadbeds: Anderson Street from North Avenue to LeCount Place, and LeCount Place from Anderson Street to Huguenot Street. Minor Civil Division: 11942, New Rochelle County: Westchester Survey Area Length: varies, irregularly shaped block and streets Width: varies, irregularly shaped block and streets Number of Acres Surveyed: ca. 2.7 USGS 7.5 Minute Quadrangle Map: Mount Vernon Archaeological Survey Overview Number & Interval of Shovel Tests: N/A Number & Size of Units: N/A Width of Plowed Strips: N/A Surface Survey Transect Interval: N/A, urban area with paved surfaces Results of Archaeological Survey Number & name of precontact sites identified: None Number & name of historic sites identified: None Number & name of sites recommended for Phase II/Avoidance: None Results of Architectural Survey Number of buildings/structures/cemeteries within project area: 5 Number of buildings/structures/cemeteries adjacent to project area: numerous; dense urban area Number of previously determined NRHP listed or eligible buildings/structures/cemeteries/districts: 1 NRHP listed building (U.S. Post Office) within project boundaries; 1 NRHP listed building (Pioneer Building) within 1 block; 8 NRHP listed and 7 NRHP eligible buildings/structures within one mile Number of identified eligible buildings/structures/cemeteries/districts: 2 NRHP potentially eligible buildings within project site boundaries (Standard Star Building and Anderson Street Apartment building); 11 NRHP potentially eligible buildings within 1-2 blocks of project site Report Authors(s): Julie Abell Horn, M.A. R.P.A., Historical Perspectives, Inc. Date of Report: September 2005 TABLE OF CONTENTS MANAGEMENT SUMMARY....................................................................................................................... i TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................................... ii I. INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................................1 II. METHODOLOGY..............................................................................................................2 III. BACKGROUND RESEARCH...........................................................................................2 A. TOPOGRAPHY AND HYDROLOGY.......................................................................2 B. GEOLOGY ..................................................................................................................2 C. SOILS ..........................................................................................................................2 D. CURRENT CONDITIONS .........................................................................................2 E. ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES WITHIN A ONE MILE RADIUS ..............................3 F. HISTORIC STRUCTURES AND DISTRICTS WITHIN A ONE MILE RADIUS...4 G. HISTORY OF THE PROJECT SITE ..........................................................................6 H. ARCHITECTURAL RESOURCES ............................................................................8 IV. CONCLUSIONS...............................................................................................................12 A. PRECONTACT SENSITIVITY................................................................................12 B. HISTORIC PERIOD SENSITIVITY ........................................................................12 C. DISTURBANCE RECORD ......................................................................................12 D. ARCHITECTURAL RESOURCES ..........................................................................14 V. RECOMMENDATIONS..................................................................................................14 VI. REFERENCES .................................................................................................................16 FIGURES PHOTOGRAPHS ii FIGURES 1. Proposed LeCount Square Project Site on Mount Vernon, New York 7.5 Minute Quadrangle (U.S.G.S. 1999). 2. Proposed LeCount Square Project Site on modern map (Sanborn 1990). 3. Proposed LeCount Square Project Site footprint (courtesy Cappelli Enterprises, Inc.). 4. Orientation of photographs and location of surveyed architectural resources (City of New Rochelle Assessment Office). 5. Proposed LeCount Square Project Site on soil map (USDA 1994). 6. Proposed LeCount Square Project Site on modern tax map (City of New Rochelle Assessment Office). 7. Map of the Village of New Rochelle, Westchester County, N.Y. (Dripps 1858) 8. Plan of the Borough of New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York (Beers 1867) 9. Village of New Rochelle (Bromley 1881) 10. Insurance Maps of New Rochelle, N.Y. (Sanborn 1892) 11. Village of New Rochelle (Bien 1893) 12. Insurance Maps of New Rochelle, N.Y. (Sanborn 1896) 13. Part of the City of New Rochelle (Bromley 1901) 14. Insurance Maps of New Rochelle, N.Y. (Sanborn 1903) 15. Part of the City of New Rochelle (Bromley 1911) 16. Insurance Maps of New Rochelle, N.Y. (Sanborn 1911) 17. Insurance Maps of New Rochelle, N.Y. (Sanborn 1911, corrected to 1924) 18. City of New Rochelle (Hopkins 1919, corrected to 1931) 19. Insurance Maps of New Rochelle, N.Y. (Sanborn 1951). 20. Map Documented Structure and Standing Structures Map with Location of Proposed Phase IB Excavation Trenches (base map courtesy of Cappelli Enterprises, Inc.). iii PHOTOGRAPHS (Locations and orientations shown on Figure 4) 1. One-story building located on Lot 9, constructed in 1981. View looking north across Anderson Street. 2. Strip of paved asphalt on north side of Lot 9 building, at boundary of Lot 19. View looking southwest from sidewalk along LeCount Place. 3. Four-story building located on Lot 15, constructed by 1924. View looking east across North Avenue. One- story Planned Parenthood building on Lot 19 abuts on left. 4. Strip of paved asphalt on northeast side of Lot 15 building, at boundary of Lot 9. View looking northwest from sidewalk along Anderson Street. 5. One-story Planned Parenthood building, constructed by 1951, and surrounding parking lot located on Lot 19. View looking west across LeCount Place. 6. Paved parking lot surrounding Planned Parenthood building on Lot 19. View looking southwest from sidewalk along LeCount Place. 7. Paved parking lot surrounding Planned Parenthood building on Lot 19. View looking northeast from sidewalk along North Avenue. Standard Star building on Lot 23 abuts on left. 8. Standard Star building on Lot 23, constructed in 1924 (on right). Post office and strip of grass on Lot 27 abuts on left. View looking northeast across North Avenue 9. Western side of Standard Star building with restaurant entrance on Lot 23. Paved parking lot surrounding Planned Parenthood building on Lot 19 abuts on left. View looking northwest across LeCount Place. 10. U.S. Post Office on Lot 27, at corner of North Avenue and Huguenot Street, constructed in 1936. View looking east across North Avenue. 11. Parking lot and distribution center at rear of U.S. Post Office on Lot 27. View looking west across LeCount Place. 12. U.S. Post Office on Lot 27, at corner of North Avenue and Huguenot Street, showing basement level. View looking northeast from entryway along Huguenot Street. 13. City Open Space south of Anderson Street, showing raised landscaped area and driveway leading into Block 228. View looking south across Anderson Street from Block 231. 14. City Open Space south of Anderson Street, showing walkways, landscaped areas, lampposts, and irrigation hoses. View looking northwest from Block 228, with North Avenue in the background. 15. Anderson Street roadbed, with City Open Space on left and Block 231 on right. View looking southwest across LeCount Place intersection. 16. Anderson Street roadbed, with City Open Space on left and Block 231 on right, showing patches in pavement covering
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