Lawrence Park Historic District

Lawrence Park is a residential enclave in Bronxville, New York, laid out in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries on about twenty acres of wooded hillside. Winding roads connect its ninety-eight structures, which sit close together yet keep a feeling of seclusion and privacy. Commercial Bronxville lies to the south and west, while changes in terrain and a later, different residential development mark the northern and eastern edges. Architect William A. Bates designed many of the earliest houses, including several of the first five built in 1890 and 1891, and other architects such as Bates and How, Penrose Stout and William Winthrop Kent also contributed. Shingled, half-timbered and gambrel-roofed houses predominate, alongside Christ Church by Bertram Goodhue, the Gramatan Arcade and an older Italianate manor house. The park drew many prominent artists and writers as residents, and several homes included studios. Because few houses have been significantly altered, the area keeps much of its original character as an example of early suburban growth.