Robert Colgate House

Robert Colgate House
NYC Landmark #LP-0672

Robert Colgate House, June 2013
Location 5225 Sycamore Ave., Bronx, New York
Coordinates 40°54′7″N 73°54′45″W / 40.90194°N 73.91250°W / 40.90194; -73.91250Coordinates: 40°54′7″N 73°54′45″W / 40.90194°N 73.91250°W / 40.90194; -73.91250
Area less than one acre
Built 1860
Architectural style Italianate
NRHP Reference # 83001638[1]
NYCL # LP-0672
Significant dates
Added to NRHP September 8, 1983
Designated NYCL October 13, 1970

Robert Colgate House, also known as Stonehurst, is a historic home located in the Hudson Hill section of the Bronx in New York City. It was built about 1860 and is a two story picturesque Italianate villa built of ashlar Maine granite. It features a low-pitched dormered roof with broad eaves surrounding a flat deck. It was built for Robert Colgate (1812–1885), son of pioneer soap manufacturer William Colgate.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

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