Keeper's House at Williamsbridge Reservoir


Keeper's House at Williamsbridge Reservoir
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The Keeper's House at the Williamsbridge Reservoir in Summer, 2010
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Location	3400 Reservoir Oval East, Bronx, New York
Coordinates	40°52′43″N 73°52′34″W / 40.87861°N 73.87611°W / 40.87861; -73.87611Coordinates: 40°52′43″N 73°52′34″W / 40.87861°N 73.87611°W / 40.87861; -73.87611
Area	less than one acre
Built	1889
Architect	Birdsall, George W.
NRHP Reference #	99001131 ^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 24, 1999

Keeper's House at Williamsbridge Reservoir is a historic home located in the Borough of the Bronx in New York City. It was built in 1889 as part of the Williamsbridge Reservoir complex. It is a 2 ¹⁄₂-story, L-shaped stone house. The stones used to build the house were pieces of granite taken from the excavation of the reservoir it was to serve. It is 5,000 square feet (460 m²) in size and has a slate-covered gable roof with a clay tile roof ridge and copper gutters.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.^[1] At that time, it was acquired by the Mosholu Preservation Corporation, a non-profit enterprise founded by the Montefiore Medical Center in 1981, intended as a powerful antidote to widespread housing deterioration and abandonment in its surrounding neighborhhood in the Norwood section of the Bronx. The corporation did a major renovation of the building and restored it to the point where it could provide modern conveniences. The house now serves as the corporation's headquarters.^[3]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Kathleen Howe (April 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Keeper's House at Williamsbridge Reservoir". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-01-12. See also: "Accompanying 12 photos".
↑ MPC website

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