{"nrhp_refnum":"85001936","name":"Bell Place-Locust Avenue Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Cromwell Pl., Locust Hill Ave., Baldwin Pl. & N. Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"Yonkers","county":"Westchester County","state":"NY","lat":40.935859692000065,"lon":-73.89642946999999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-08-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of about two acres on a hill in southwestern Yonkers, Westchester County, New York, made up of Bell Place and one block of Locust Hill Avenue. It holds eight houses and three carriage houses built between 1855 and 1887.","why_significant":"The district is described as one of the last relatively intact and cohesive mid-nineteenth century residential neighborhoods in Yonkers. It was developed as a residential enclave for prosperous middle-class merchants. Its buildings show the progression of Italianate, French Second Empire, High Victorian Gothic and Queen Anne styles. It keeps the scale and character of a nineteenth-century neighborhood despite alterations and a blighted surrounding area.","narrative":"Bell Place and a single block of Locust Hill Avenue sit on a hill above downtown Yonkers, forming a small district of eight houses and three carriage houses built between 1855 and 1887. The land was part of the original Philipse patent and stayed undeveloped until the mid-1800s. After the Hudson River Railroad opened in 1849, Yonkers grew quickly, and William W. Woodworth divided the hilltop into small speculative lots. Prosperous merchants, such as Philip A. Deyo and the Elting brothers, built homes here close to the commercial center. The houses are mostly brick and range from two to three stories. Their styles include Italianate, French Second Empire, High Victorian Gothic and Queen Anne, which together show the changing tastes of the period. Some buildings have been altered or converted to multi-family use, and the surrounding area has seen twentieth-century intrusions and decay. The district nonetheless keeps the scale and character of a fashionable nineteenth-century neighborhood, which is the basis for its architectural significance.","period_of_significance":"1855-1887","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Italianate, French Second Empire, High Victorian Gothic, Queen Anne, and Italian Villa","criteria":[],"status_note":"Mostly well-preserved single-family houses, with a few converted to multi-family use. One church owns 57 Locust Hill Avenue. A carriage house at 7 Bell Place was destroyed by fire in 1983.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:44.985826-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/85001936.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85001936/56653104ae-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85001936/56653104ae-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"ALT55 -Victor M","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yonkers_-_2013_029_-_Bell_Place.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">ALT55 -Victor M</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yonkers_-_2013_029_-_Bell_Place.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322957","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Place%E2%80%93Locust_Avenue_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4883230"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/westchester-county/bell-place-locust-avenue-historic-district-85001936/"}