{"nrhp_refnum":"07000777","name":"Plashbourne Estate","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"51 Carlton Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Yonkers","county":"Westchester County","state":"NY","lat":40.941363297000066,"lon":-73.84757238999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-08-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Tudor Revival stone house at 51 Carlton Road in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York, built in 1911 on a 2.47-acre site in the Lawrence Park West arts colony. It was designed by Carrère & Hastings for muralist and sculptor Violet Oakley.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant as a work of the noted firm Carrère & Hastings, which was best known for Beaux-Arts classicism. This design is an unusual, austere Tudor Revival with no Renaissance-inspired details. It also served as the residence and studio of Violet Oakley within a planned arts community.","narrative":"Built in 1911 at 51 Carlton Road in Yonkers, this two-and-a-half story Tudor Revival house sits on a hillside site of about 2.5 acres beside a brook in Lawrence Park West, a planned suburban community created as an arts colony. Carrère & Hastings designed it for muralist and sculptor Violet Oakley. The rough-cut stone walls, cross-gabled slate roof, copper-clad dormers and flared eaves give it an irregular, picturesque profile. Inside, a long corridor serves a north studio with a decorative plaster ceiling, a sitting room and a dining room with painted murals. The house is notable because the firm was known mainly for Beaux-Arts classicism, yet this design contains no Renaissance-inspired detail and is closer to early Tudor Revival. Its hallway-centered plan and attention to the landscape reflect the firm's wider approach. Additions made in 2001-2002 replicate the original details, and the site's original boundaries remain intact.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Carrère & Hastings","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Tudor Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as a single dwelling; the original carriage house was removed and substantial additions (garage, passageway, family room) were built in 2001-2002.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.050547-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/07000777.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000777/04014d082d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000777/04014d082d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:YonkersNY_PlashbourneEstate.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Magicpiano</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:YonkersNY_PlashbourneEstate.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75323173","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plashbourne_Estate","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7201734"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/westchester-county/plashbourne-estate-07000777/"}