VOLUME 5, ISSUE 1: FALL 2009 City of New Rochelle THE HISTORICAL & LANDMARKS REVIEW BOARD ARESNewsletter HighligEhting NRew RoVchelle’s HERistory Melvin Beacher, A.I.A. P Chairman Belkys Reyes-Cuni Gerard Ragone Donald Richards Chairman’s Message Rosemary Speight Samuel Spady, Jr. The HLRB’s primary goal is to preserve New Rochelle’s Theodore Wilson architectural gems that so ably relate the community’s great What is the HLRB? Jean Friedman, Preservation Consultant history. The Board not only reviews work on the exteriors of Introducing the Historical and Landmarks Review Board Funding locally-designated properties (Rochelle Park-Heights Local State Department of Parks, Historic District, the Cottage and St. John’s Wilmot The HLRB is a seven member City Board, first Recreation, and Historic Preservation Church), we also help property owners–individuals and entire appointed by City Council in 1985 to preserve Certified Local Government Program neighborhoods — determine eligibility for historic designation. In New Rochelle’s past and raise awareness of 2008, a New York State Certified Local Government grant allowed the City’s rich history. The members are all Editor the HLRB to hire the historic preservation firm of LarsonFisher local residents, volunteers, and knowledgeable Barbara Davis Associates to conduct extensive research on the turn-of-the- in local history. The HLRB recommends the century neighborhood of Sutton Manor. This issue of The Preserver designation of districts and landmarks to City Credit spotlights the findings of the firm’s intensive survey, while also Council, and reviews all exterior renovations All archival images are from the and new construction in the local historic providing the reader with a wonderful slice of New Rochelle’s Collection of the New Rochelle district. The Board receives grants periodically Public Library social history. Sutton Manor epitomizes our community’s for various historic preservation projects. The residential parks — many of which continue as thriving HLRB is committed to identifying, maintaining, Please send comments and neighborhoods with unique identities well worth preserving and perpetuating the historic elements that suggestions to: for future generations. make New Rochelle unique. Historical and Landmarks Review Board c/o Mrs. Sheila Beacher More local preservation news is highlighted with articles on Bureau of Buildings New Rochelle’s 2009 Heritage Award properties and the City Hall restoration of the . 515 North Avenue New Rochelle, NY 10801 (914) 636-8292 Sutton Manor nter through the stone pillars Before Sutton Manor The Development marking the two entrances from At the turn of the 18th century, most of Echo Avenue and walk along the the waterfront acreage in the northeast of Sutton Manor Etree lined streets that trace the shoreline of Echo Place was bought by section of New Rochelle was owned by George William Sutton to be Echo Bay and Snuff Mill Creek, and you’ll one of its original settlers, Huguenot enjoyed as a country retreat by his Louis Guion. Another of the French feel as though you’ve taken a step back time. family — wife Justine A. Deveau refugees, Alexander Allaire, purchased Here, in Sutton Manor, 46 and five children. After Sutton’s much of it in 1748. The well-preserved homes reflect death in 1894, Echo Place was next owner, James Pitcher, distinctive architectural rented out until his heirs decided farmed the land from to develop the property. In 1904, styles of the early 20th 1766 – 1782. A Commissary George W. Sutton, Jr. formed the century. Many command of Musters for the British Sutton Manor 1904 Plan Sutton Manor Realty Company. The waterfront views and several Army, Pitcher somehow younger Sutton would become an active Since those early years of the Manor, are graced with stunning escaped the ramifications civic leader in New Rochelle, serving as a several generations have made their of his political allegiance perennial gardens. “The best New Rochelle alderman, tax assessor, and homes in Sutton Manor, including genera- during the Revolutionary of all worlds” is how many realty developer. tions of specific families and a significant War. Rather than his land Sutton Manor residents The Sutton Manor Realty Company roster of national notables. The houses being confiscated by the selected Lawrence E. Van Etten, a civil may reflect adaptations to changing times may describe their neighbor- State, it was inherited by engineer and New Rochelle resident, to and trends, yet the overall character of hood, citing the access to the Thomas Huntington of Thaddeus Davids draw up the subdivision plan for the the place has been beautifully main- water and their association’s Bristol, England. property. Van Etten would be responsible tained, as evidenced in the homes and boathouse and beach, the strong community The portion of the property that is for designing about 100 subdivisions in gardens of Sutton Manor today. spirit, the quick trip to the railroad station, Sutton Manor, as well as an adjacent Westchester County (alone) between “Sealing Wax Manufactory” came into the and perhaps most of all, the historic charm of 1890 and 1950. He was well possession of Thaddeus Davids in the their early residential park. known for his golfing late 1830s. At the time, Davids was the abilities and he designed head of one of the largest ink companies several courses. in the country. He built a country home in Knollwood Golf Course the middle of the parcel, naming it “Echo in Greenburgh and the Place” to reflect its frontage on Echo Bay. Country Club in He also bought an island off New New Rochelle were among Rochelle’s southern shore that still bears them. his name. Davids had a large family of 12 Van Etten filed the first children born to 3 different wives. His Sutton Manor subdivision second son, George W. Davids, eventually plan in May 1904. It showed brought the family business to ruin. The 34 lots, including the large company and Thaddeus Davids, individu- parcel containing the Davids ally, were forced to dispose of all assets, Echo Place House and two outbuildings. which resulted in the sale of the 20-plus Four other lots (original numbers 1, 5, 24, acre Echo Place to George W. Sutton on and 25) were illustrated with pre-existing Sources for Sutton Manor articles: April 30, 1884. It included a barn north of houses. The Davids House and barn were Report on Historic Survey and Analysis of the house along with two or three other Sutton Manor and Historic Resource Inventory gone by the time a revised plan was filed dwellings, at least one of which probably Forms prepared by LarsonFisher Associates for in 1910. An additional 13 lots had been predated the Davids House. the New Rochelle Historical and Landmarks created from the large lot #34 that had Review Board, 2009. contained those structures. Three years Ruth Sutton Reynolds, The Sutton Manor Story later, a re-subdivision of lot #43 into three in Historic New Rochelle (The Little Print, New Sutton Manor Pillar buildable parcels was filed. Rochelle, NY: 1963), page 20. Excerpt from the Historic Survey and Analysis of Sutton Manor Statement of Qualification for Historic District Designation under Section 170-2 B of the New Rochelle City Code

— Prepared by LarsonFisher Associates

n intensive survey of each are essentially intact to their initial massing with the more recent dwellings. in an otherwise fragmented social dwelling in the Sutton Manor construction dates. The neighborhood And along with Rochelle Park and environment. neighborhood has provided exemplifies an upper middle class , it was a subdivision For both its physical attributes and Athe basis for this statement of qualifica- enclave that was (and continues to be) that served as a model for the ideal sub- social aspects, the Sutton Manor devel- tion for Historic District Designation attractive to families with heads of urban setting— harmonious architecture opment is a significant historic resource under the New Rochelle City Code. households employed in New York City. and exclusive amenities. for the community and deserving of its Sutton Manor is a distinctive early Sutton Manor retains its original plan In short, all but three much more recent protection through designation as a 20th century suburban development and amenities (boathouse and bathing houses (which are located on the periph- historic district under the city code. located on the north shore of the Long beach), while the architecture of the ery of the neighborhood) contribute to a Based on the above summary of survey Island Sound and Echo Bay, consisting of homes exhibit the array of stylistic choices definable historic resource that would findings, the proposed district meets primarily single family residences. There available during the 1904 – 1924 time- make up a logical historic district. criteria 1, 2 and 3 for establishing a local are a total of 49 dwellings, 46 of which frame—Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Sutton Manor is also historically historic district under the relevant would be considered contributing to a Mediterranean, Arts and Crafts, Bunga- significant for its association with a section of New Rochelle’s Code. historic district. In addition there are low, and Art Moderne. Many of them are number of persons who were important Although not currently listed on the several other contributing historic early examples of styles that were just to the economic and physical develop- National Register of Historic Places, the resources within the subdivision: being introduced, yet despite their ment of the region. With its proximity to district is clearly eligible for it and when garages and outbuildings, a boathouse, diversity the houses are of the same New York City, many of the residents of listed, it would meet criterion 4 as well. four stone entrance piers, Echo Park, and scale and sited so as to create a cohesive Sutton Manor were involved in activities other landscape features. Together group, which adds to their architectural of regional, state-wide and even national A copy of the full Report, including Historic these resources form a unified physical significance. Three of the dwellings pre- significance, which instigated frequent Resource Inventory Forms detailing each of the whole set apart from the surrounding date the development of the mention of the “exclusive Sutton Manor” 46 houses comprising the eligible Sutton Manor urban environment. Two early subdivision subdivision and are associated with the in The New York Times. District, is available for viewing in the E. L. plans (1904 and 1907) demonstrate the previous mansion, “Echo Place” or From the earliest days of the develop- Doctorow Local History Room of the New lots original to the subdivision and a map Thaddeus Davids House, thus physically ment through the present, Sutton Manor Rochelle Public Library. of the survey area that indicates those linking the more recent subdivision to has provided the setting for the kind of properties that should be considered for an even earlier period. The three older neighborhood vitality that is the ideal for inclusion in the district. houses—one dating to c. 1820, one to most urban and suburban communities. The vast majority of houses that c.1850 and the third to c.1870—although It is a testament to the power of well- comprise the Sutton Manor neighborhood altered, are compatible in scale and designed places to foster community,

A SUTTON MANOR SAMPLER Based on the Historic Inventory Forms completed by LarsonFisher Associates

176 FARRAGUT CIRCLE 79 DECATUR ROAD Located at the intersection of Farragut The Macdonald-Lockwood House sits high above a steep Circle and Sutton Manor Road, the Paul slope terraced with concrete retaining and garden walls. Robert and Emma Sjostrom House is a The dramatic site is equaled by a dramatic Art Moderne Colonial Revival style building — one of at architectural style that contrasts with the traditional, least eight houses in Sutton Manor revival styles of other Sutton Manor dwellings. Even designed by the prominent New York though it has been altered somewhat over the years, it architect, Chester A. Patterson. The 1909 retains most of its original form, massing, and materials. house was built for Paul Robert and Emma In 1910–1911 Mary L. Macdonald and George S. Sjostrom; it was one of the architect’s Macdonald had the house constructed on the lot—the earliest commissions. Among the many first on the four lots that replaced the old Davids House. subsequent owners of the 15-room house, Macdonald was president of the Lockwood Trade Journal including an international banker and a Company, Inc., in Manhattan. When he died in 1945 just radio personality, the most controversial two months after his wife, the house and, later, the busi- was Harriet E. Cripe, a follower of Father ness came under ownership of his grandson, George Edward Lockwood. Like his Divine. She bought the property for the grandfather and a number of other residents of Sutton Manor – from earliest times to African-American preacher to use as one of present, he was an avid yachtsman. In 1947 he married Katherine M. “Kitty” Lockwood, his “Heavens” — a residence for his who would become the matriarch of the neighborhood until her death in 2008. Some of disciples (called “angels”) from 1939 –1946. her children, fourth-generation of the original owners, continue to live in the house.

142 SUTTON MANOR ROAD 200 FARRAGUT CIRCLE The William & Rosina Harding House is architecturally The 1912 Elizabeth and Lawrence D. Huntington significant as a distinctive and intact example of the House exhibits a Craftsman Style, with features Craftsman Style inspired by the Medieval Revival Style reminiscent of Dutch Colonial Revival, Shingle, and and English cottage precedents and was designed by Bungalow styles. Although the architect is unknown, its architect William Liance Cottrell (1868 –1964), whose distinctive Craftsman Style is indicative of the hand of a offices were in New York City. Cottrell was a successful professional designer. This is one of four houses in architect whose works include the Pennsylvania Sutton Manor that Elizabeth W. and Lawrence D. Monument in Military Park, Washington D.C. This Huntington, Jr. were responsible for constructing. residential commission resulted in a house that exhibits The first was at 120 Echo Avenue where the Huntingtons individual expression, fine details, and harmonious lived from 1905 to 1907. The other three houses were proportions. Completed in 1910, it is notable as an early being constructed almost simultaneously — 200 Farragut expression of a style that would become widely popular Circle, 66 Decatur Road, and 98 Echo Avenue. Lawrence, in Westchester County in the 1920s. The house has had a descendant of John Coutant, one of the original only three owners, beginning with William and Rosina Huguenot settlers, was a yacht designer and builder Harding, who first purchased their property in 1908, and sold the home in 1941. and, for seven years, a stockbroker.

114 SUTTON MANOR ROAD 88 ECHO AVENUE “The Brick House”, as the Childs – Davis House Sections of the Davids-Fearing House were has been called, is of Colonial Revival style, constructed in the 1820s, predating the Sutton with a Georgian aspect given the strict symmetry Manor development as one of three “cottages” of its front facade. Harry R. and Elizabeth Childs on the property when it was bought by George built the house around 1913. When the house W. Sutton, Sr. A print of the old Davids House, was put on the market in 1923, it was advertised “Echo Place,” (see page one) depicts this house as being “Delightful, cool rooms, baths, board; as it looked in about 1860. By 1901 a wide, separate tables directly on Sound; tennis...”. In two-story, one-bay front gable addition had been July 1924, the property was sold to Lee Parsons constructed on the left side of the old house, Davis, a larger-than-life individual who was well probably when owned by Justine Augusta Sutton known throughout the community and beyond. While residing in the house until his Fearing, daughter of George Sutton, Sr. Among the numerous owners of this house (the death at age 79 in 1959, Davis navigated an impressive career as a prominent trial longest being the current owner, who purchased it in 1973), was Rose H. Tostevin, the lawyer (referred to as a “legendary courtroom personality” in his obituary), State daughter of Oscar Hammerstein, the Opera impresario and grandfather of the Broadway Supreme Court Justice and District Attorney of Westchester County. He was also cited musical lyricist, Oscar Hammerstein, 2nd. Despite additions and alterations that have as being a “big-game hunter, fishing authority, camera expert, musical–saw virtuoso, been made to the house over the years, it retains the form, scale, and massing attained weaver and story-teller par excellence.” by 1900 and thus contributes to the historic character of the Sutton Manor neighborhood. NINE PROPERTIES HONORED WITH CITY’S 2009 HERITAGE AWARDS

diverse group of private, The Arcade Building “Blue Anchor” — Former home FIRE STATIONS public and quasi-public (The Curtain Shop) of Cartoonist Clare Briggs As New Rochelle’s population began 541 Main Street 1 Byworth Road buildings were the recipients swelling at the turn of the 20th century, the A newly-incorporated City started more con- of New Rochelle’s 2009 Heritage sistent funding and improvements to its Awards. These properties joined the fire service, which was then comprised of six 2008 properties in earning six volunteer companies. Beginning in the years of the first paid Fire Chief, James vibrant blue markers identifying Ross, (1903 – 1919), through the tenure of them as important places in New Chief Walter S. Jones (1920 – 1933), the Rochelle’s history: New Rochelle Fire Department was vastly improved with new stations, paid profes- sionals, updated equipment and modern The Clark-Berrian House practices. The three stations receiving 1120 North Avenue Heritage Awards are genuine and daily reminders of this important period in New Rochelle’s history. A stunning metamorphosis occurred at This Tudor-style house was built for famed 541 Main Street during a restoration cartoonist Clare Briggs in 1917. It was Fire Station No. 4 facilitated by the New Rochelle Down- designed by architect Henry G. Morse and 155 Drake Avenue town Business Improvement District constructed of 100 tons of timbers salvaged (BID). An unattractive façade was removed from an 18th century schooner and to reveal gorgeous arched windows and purchased by Mr. Briggs from a New Jersey detailed terracotta relief work that had shipyard. “The old English style of archi- been hidden since the 1940s. Today, the tecture so lends itself to the rugged old building declares its original use by the timbers that many authorities have raised letters, “The Arcade”. William pronounced the house the best example Just before the Revolutionary War, when Weiskopf constructed it in 1897 for his of English architecture in this country,” New Rochelle was a farming community of downtown entertainment center that Briggs wrote of the house in 1918. He roughly 700 inhabitants, Moses Clark built included eateries, hotel rooms, a billiard called his home “Blue Anchor” after the a home in the northern part of New hall, shops, a bowling alley, and a gymna- artifact that still hangs in the basement. Rochelle on a tract of land owned by the sium. The New Rochelle chapter of the Briggs was one of America’s earliest “strip” Fire Station No. 4 was built on Drake Seacords, whose patriarch, Ambroise YMCA made its first home here in 1899. artists, earning his fame with one called Avenue for the Neptune Hose Company, Sicard, was one of the first settlers. Clark’s Later, the building housed the Star “When a feller needs a friend.” At the (later named Neptune Engine Company), simple dwelling grew as it became home Department Store (until 1924), followed height of his career his cartoons appeared in 1910. At the time, the company was to his descendants and their spouses - by various other retail enterprises. in 180 newspapers, read by 2 million entirely volunteer firefighters and the Clarks, Seacords and Berrians, well into Curtain Shop moved to the building in people each day. Many of Briggs’ comics apparatus was pulled by horses, also the 20th century. Each owner tailored the 1992 from its first location at 501 –503 involved his beloved game of golf. He housed in the building. The station has house to the family’s needs. Although the Main Street. joined the in since been updated in pace with the current structure is considerably larger 1914 and located his house across from times and New Rochelle’s ever-improving and altered from its original two-over-two Huguenot Yacht Club the golf course. fire service — beginning with motorized simple structure, each era has been well Harbor Lane West equipment and professional, rather than preserved. Retaining its farmhouse Former Women’s Club of New volunteer fire fighters. A renovation in the character, the private residence continues Rochelle — Zion Baptist Church late 1980s brought the structure up to to be a daily reminder of New Rochelle’s 50 Lockwood Avenue code and modern times, while maintain- centuries as an agrarian community. ing the design of the original exterior. Arched windows, keystone over the bay Mahlstedt House — door, concrete lintels and cornices, and Huguenot Library Branch the “Flemish Bond” styling of brick work (Huguenot Children’s Library) mimic the details of the 1910 building. 794 North Avenue Today, the structure stands as a unique example of Dutch Revival style of archi- tecture, patterned after the earliest buildings of the original Dutch settle- Overlooking Glen Island, the house that is ments on the Hudson River. now home to the Huguenot Yacht Club was built around 1910 on a tract owned by The New Rochelle Women’s Club was Fire Station No. 3 the esteemed Judge Martin Keogh. The established in 1912, when Mrs. Lawrence 756 North Avenue (unknown) architect/builder employed a E. Van Etten gathered together group of type of design that was popular in the 45 well-to-do women, and formed the rapidly growing community of New organization “to work for any and every Rochelle in the early 1900s. The 2 ½ story sort of improvement in New Rochelle.” By Mediterranean Revival-style house was the 1920s the club had grown in member- Built in 1869 and possibly the first brick constructed on structural tile finished in ship and endowment to allow for the residence in New Rochelle, the Mahlstedt white stucco, with a hipped roof of red construction of a dedicated clubhouse on family lived here while managing a thriv- barrel tiles. Actresses Lillian and Dorothy Lockwood Avenue. The Tudor Revival- ing ice-making business on the large lake Gish rented the house in 1919–1920 while style building, constructed at a cost of the house overlooked. Once ice could be working for D. W. Griffith, whose studios $133,000 using stone and slate donated by made in home freezers, the business were on Orienta Point in Mamaroneck. a member’s family, was ready for occupan- became obsolete. The 40 acres of property While living here the sisters filmed cy in March, 1924. By the early 1960s, when were sold to the City of New Rochelle in “Orphans of the Storm” and Lillian starred Completed in 1912, Fire Station No. 3 the club could no longer afford its upkeep, 1922 for a new high school and park. The in “Way Down East”. She also directed a replaced the earlier quarters for Olympia the building was put up for sale. At the lake became Twin Lakes by a causeway movie for Griffith and filmed it in New Engine Company, which had been same time, the home of the Zion Baptist leading to the school; the land along North Rochelle. The Huguenot Yacht Club was destroyed in an unfortunate fire two years Church (established in 1931) at 57 Ander- Avenue was groomed into Huguenot Park; the third yacht club to be established on earlier. The handsome new brick building the western part of the Sound. Founded son Street was claimed by an Urban and the charming brick house was trans- was designed by Barnard & Wilder in the in 1894 as the Neptune Yacht Club on Renewal project. formed into a branch of the New Rochelle Italian Renaissance Revival-style, with a Neptune Island, the organization soon In June 1965, the Zion Baptist Church Public Library, which has remained for 70 four-bay stuccoed façade trimmed in brick changed its name to the Huguenot Yacht purchased the Women’s Club building. years. The City’s financial crisis forced its and a roof of barrel tile. The architects Club. When the original boathouse on the While converting the club house into a closing in 1992. The Partnership for the highlighted the two large equipment Lower Harbor burned in 1965, the club’s house of worship, the Zion Baptist Church Huguenot Children’s Library raised more doors on the first floor with flared voussoirs members purchased the Harbor Lane congregation retained the original design, than $350,000 to gut the building, rebuild of alternating brick and stucco. The West property that included Lion’s Boat materials and architectural importance of the interior and rehabilitate the exterior. second floor windows were also trimmed Yard, two lots and the Spanish Mediter- the structure. Just as the Women’s Club, Through “sweat equity” and donations with brickwork and a round-arched blind ranean house. The members made a the building continues to be well utilized from local contractors and suppliers, the of brick. The improved accommodations conscious decision to retain the original by the community, with a variety of civic French Second Empire-style building was integrity of the exemplary residence as of the building allowed for paid firefighters organizations utilizing the meeting space. beautifully restored and the Huguenot they transformed it into their clubhouse. to deliver round-the-clock service for the Children’s Library was created. new and growing neighborhoods in the (continued on page 4) VOLUME 5, ISSUE 1: FALL 2009 THE City of New Rochelle PRSRT-STD HISTORICAL & U.S. Postage LANDMARKS PAID NRESewsletter HighlighEting NRew RoVchelle’s HERistory REVIEW BOARD P White Plains, NY City of New Rochelle • 515 North Avenue • New Rochelle, NY 10801 Permit No. 3017

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RESTORED: THOMAS PAINE COTTAGE

NEW ROCHELLE’S NATIONAL LANDMARK PROPERTY IS IMPROVED WITH STATE AND PRIVATE FUNDS

ew Rochelle’s only National Historic Landmark, the Thomas Paine Cottage, is Nonly one of 18 historic properties in Westchester County to have earned this important designation, and only one of about 2,500 in the entire country. These are nationally significant historic places designated by the Secretary of the Interior “because they possess exceptional Before After value or quality in illustrating or interpreting the heritage of the United States.” A recent restoration project at the Cottage has enabled the site to more accurately relate the story of the building once Heritage Awards (continued) owned by one of the leading figures in America’s fight for Independence. Originally built in the 1700s as a farmhouse for a Huguenot settler, the cottage rapidly-growing neighborhoods in the masonry structure – but with interesting that is now located at 20 Sicard Road was part of a 300-acre farm that had been “northern” parts of the city. The building and complementary architectural details. confiscated by New York State from a Tory. Extending from what is now North remained largely unchanged until 1985 The arched openings on the equipment Avenue to the Mamaroneck border, the property was gifted by the State to Thomas when deteriorating conditions necessitated doors are trimmed with limestone Paine for his part in the Cause for Independence. Paine spent the last few years of rehabilitation efforts. When the two front surrounds and capped with keystones. his life in the New Rochelle home, from 1803 to 1806. The cottage was moved to its bays were widened to accommodate A beltcourse of smooth limestone runs current location in 1910. Throughout the years various alterations were made to the more apparatus, the exterior arch of the between the first and second floors. The building, but were not always in keeping with its original materials or appearance. doors was maintained and the architec- roof is of barrel tile that overhangs the Time also took its toll, particularly on the roof of the structure. tural integrity of the building kept intact. façade. These design elements, intended The stewards of the Cottage, members of the Huguenot and New Rochelle to give notice to a public building but Historical Association, were able to raise funds to complete critically needed repairs Fire Station No. 2 complement a residential neighborhood, on the 200+-year old building. In the process, the group also recognized the need 170 Webster Avenue continue to serve their purpose. to return the building to its original integrity, to the extent documented in archival photographs and by physical evidence. With a $50,000 grant obtained by State Interested in Nominating a Assemblywoman Amy Paulin and individual donations, the Association hired local Property? architect John Woodruff and the restoration firm, Salem Preservation, Inc. of Salem, The City of New Rochelle welcomes NY, for the exterior’s restoration. As the Cottage is also a locally-designated nominations for 2010 Heritage Awards from property, the New Rochelle Historical and Landmarks Review Board reviewed all individuals, organizations, businesses and aspects of the project before it moved forward. municipal representatives of properties in The work included the removal of the asphalt roof and replacement with wood one or more of the following categories: shingles, which also included exposing two original windows on the upper floor. • Private, public or quasi-public structures Other major work to restore the building to its original involved the reconstruction older than 50 years that are significant of a separate roof above the porch and below the windows, the replacement of to New Rochelle’s history. wood shingles on the entire house with Weatherboard and the repair and • Stellar restoration. replacement of gutters and wood trim. A critical need for more public services • Home of a nationally prominent The outcome? As John Wright, director of the Thomas Paine Cottage stated, and buildings to house them was created individual. “Although we don’t know exactly how the house looked when it was Paine’s by another surge in New Rochelle’s pop- • Significant architect or architectural style. residence, the building is now historically correct to the time period.” As he ulation, post World War I. Fire Station • Landscape or landscape feature (e.g. continued, “there are still a few more details on the outside, and the interior is also Number Two was designed by top archi- cemeteries, stone walls, signs; except receiving attention, as we expand our exhibition materials to include more artifacts tects and built with quality materials, gardens). related to Paine.” The organization is looking forward to continuing their family- replacing a building at Union Avenue and Guidelines and Nomination Forms are oriented programs and school visits, as well as serving as a destination for Paine Second Street that housed Union Engine available on the City’s website: aficionados from all over the world. For more information or to make a donation, Company, founded in 1901. Local master www.newrochelleny.com by calling see www.thomaspainecottage.org or call (914) 633-1776. builders M. Bartnett & Sons completed (914) 632-7878. ext. 34. The deadline for the building in 1923, with designs by nominations is December 1, 2009. The architect Fredrick Winter. Like the earlier award winners will be announced in New Rochelle fire stations, it is a rectangular Winter 2010.