Global InformationDelavan Terrace Historic District information
Delavan Terrace Historic District | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
U.S. Historic district | |
 Charles E. Otis and Griffith John houses, south elevation, 2009 | |
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| Location | Yonkers, NY |
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| Coordinates | 40°56′42″N 73°53′29″W / 40.94500°N 73.89139°W |
| Area | 4.2 acres (1.7 ha) |
| Built | 1854–1926 |
| Architect | Multiple |
| Architectural style | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian |
| NRHP reference No. | 83001827[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 15, 1983 |
The Delavan Terrace Historic District is located along the street of that name in Northwest Yonkers, New York, United States. It consists of 10 buildings (12 when originally designated), all houses. In 1983 it was recognized as a historic district and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1]
The houses were home to a number of prominent industrialists in Yonkers at the time, since they enjoyed an excellent view over the Hudson River. They are built in Late Victorian and other turn of the 20th century revival architectural styles. One has one of the few remaining Eastlake interiors in the city. The earliest house in the district, the Smith-Collins House, dated to 1854 with an 1875 renovation, has since been demolished, spurring historic preservation efforts throughout Yonkers.[2] Most of the district was built after 1900.[3]
Originally it was home to affluent residents, such as local business executives at the Otis Elevator Company and the Alexander Smith Carpet Mills. Actress Billie Burke, an early silent film star who later played Glinda the Good Witch in The Wizard of Oz, lived on Delavan Terrace in the 1920s after her marriage to Florenz Ziegfeld, when she was concentrating on her stage career on Broadway. The district has become more middle-class over time as Yonkers has grown and suburbanized around it. All the remaining houses are privately owned. Many remain intact.
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Marszalek, Dina (February 10, 2008). "Views Clash Over Old Buildings in Yonkers". The New York Times. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
- ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on April 4, 2019. Retrieved July 1, 2016. Note: This includes Austin N. O'Brien (August 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Delavan Terrace Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved July 1, 2016. and Accompanying 14 photographs