Rochelle Park–Rochelle Heights Historic District
Rochelle Park–Rochelle Heights Historic District | |
Location | The Circle, The Boulevard, The Serpentine, Hamilton Ave. and others, New Rochelle, New York |
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Coordinates | 40°55′29″N 73°46′50″W / 40.92472°N 73.78056°W |
Built | 1885 |
Architect | Barrett, Nathan F.; Mann, MacNeille & Lindeberg [2] |
Architectural style | Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals |
NRHP reference No. | 05000664[1] |
NYSRHP No. | 11942.001464 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | July 06, 2005 |
Designated NYSRHP | May 8, 2005 |
The Rochelle Park–Rochelle Heights Historic District is a
The two neighborhoods, combined into one historic district in 1986, reflect the history of
Rochelle Park
Laid out in 1885, Rochelle Park is particularly distinguished as the America's third planned residential community, preceded only by
Rochelle Park is essentially rectangular in dimension, with the southeast corner having been clipped from it by the construction of the
Despite the setbacks from Barrett's original designs, The Boulevard continued to remain one of the most unusual aspects of the community's landscape. At 100 feet wide, The Boulevard allowed for an abundance of green space and deep setbacks for the houses. The scale and design of the Boulevard reflected Barrett's taste for formal landscape elements that anticipated the City Beautiful Movement.[12] The broad vista created by the Boulevard is intersected in two places by the Serpentine, a roadway that meanders within a rough, rocky section of the landscape. The terrain made a continuous grid plan difficult, thus presenting Barrett with an opportunity to design a more interesting landscape.[13]
Rochelle Heights
The plan for Rochelle Heights is organized around a promontory in the northeastern part of the subdivision that was set aside for large houses with the status of water views. As the plan descended from this highpoint, a hierarchy of lots and architecture is shown in a secondary group encircling the hill. The properties at the outer limits of the development are more closely arranged in a tight pattern with detached houses intended for a middle-class clientele.[14][15] The latter properties provided a buffer against the more random development outside the district and protected the neighborhood's exclusive environment within.
Rochelle Heights was laid out in a number of phases beginning in 1905 by New York architects Mann, MacNellie and Lindeberg. Its landscape design is more efficient than Rochelle Park, reflecting its later period of development. The architecture of Rochelle Heights does not have the same uniformity as Rochelle Park but rather, reflects the diversity of scale and style found in suburban architecture in the early twentieth century, including
The streets at the outer boundaries of Rochelle Heights contain smaller lots. These streets frame the core of the development and buffer the interior properties. Although these tertiary streets were lesser properties in the context of the Rochelle Heights development, they were still above the mean and intended for a
These two neighborhoods, combined into one historic district in 1986, reflect the history of
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ Historic District findings
- ^ NRHP Registration, sec.8, p.18
- ^ Neil Larson and Associates, for the New Rochelle Historical & Landmarks Review Board (September 25, 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Rochelle Park–Rochelle Heights Historic District". Retrieved February 14, 2009. and Accompanying 40 photos, exteriors only, undated and without addresses or other identification
- ^ Westchester: An American Suburb, Foreword, vii; Kenneth T. Jackson
- ^ The Historical and Landmarks Review Board (HLRB) – Rochelle Heights Rochelle Park History
- ^ NRHP Registration, sec.8, p.6
- ^ Samuel Swift, "Community Life at Rochelle Park", House & Garden (May 1904);page 235
- ^ a b NRHP Registration, sec.9, p.8
- ^ NRHP Registration, sec.7, p.2
- ^ Rochelle Park–Rochelle Heights local historic district: design criteria guidelines, City of New Rochelle Department of Development (1998); page 11
- ^ Title="Nathan Franklin Barrett: Landscape Architect", Landscape Architecture, X3 (April 1920); Author=Richard Schermerhorn, Jr.;Pages. 112–113
- ^ Rochelle Park – Rochelle Heights Historic District NRHP Nomination Form, Section 7 Page 3
- ^ NRHP Registration, sec.8, p.17
- ^ Westchester, The American Suburb, Roger Panetta (2006); page 186
- ^ NRHP Registration, sec.7, p.15
- ^ NRHP Registration, sec.7, p.16–17
- ^ Manual of historic house styles and materials: Rochelle Park–Rochelle Heights historic district, Stephen Tilly (2003); page 28