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Coot inuat ion sheet LI Item number 7 Paqe 1 1
BLuff Avenue cont.
40 House ca 1900: A tiny, nondescript 1-story, gable-on-hip-roof
cottage. -
41 Edgecliff 1907; attributed to Edward F. Hinkle, architect: A 2½story,
hip-roof dwelling set hack from the road at the end of an
axial driveway. it has contained rectangular-hiock massing, asyinmetrical
fenestration, and a central entrance sheltered by a white
wrought-iron portico. The property south of Bluff Avenue was on -
ginally the site of the Larkin House hotel. It was purchased by
Mr. and Mrs . Clement A. Griscom of- Phi ladeiphia , who demolished the
hotel and subdivided the land into house lots. The Gri scoms built
this house as a summer residence -for themselves. Mr. Griscom had
interests in banking and shipping. -
NC 42 The Grodge 1913 : The original portion of this building is a 1½story
Dutch Colonial structure with a broad gambrel roof pierced by
long shed dormers . Later aiterat ions include an additional gab ic- roof
story added atop the gambrel roof and a 1-story, hip-roof, shingLe dl
The old section was originally built as a garage and chauffeur’s
quarters for Aktaion, now Moana see number 44.
43 The Cottage ca 1912 : A modest 2-story dwelling with a low-pitch
hip roof and a side-hall entrance sheltered by an elliptical, barrel -
hood portico. A multi-pane bow window on the facade and a 1-story,
gable-roof side eli are probably later additions. This originally
served as either a guest house or caretaker’s house for Aktaion, now
Moana see number 44
44 Aktaion, now Moana 1906; Edward F. Hinkle, architect: A large,
complex, picturesque dwelling combining elements of Shingle Style,
medieval, Colonial Revival, and Craftsman architecture. A 2½-story,
hip-roof central block is flanked by slightly shorter, splayed side
wings of different lengths that extend parallel to the main block
then run off at angles at each end. An off-center, end-gable front
pay lion on the central block is offset by a massive exposed front
chimney of hri.ck. ‘i’he pavilion contains the main entrance under a
columned porch with a roof balustrade. Other features include
asyminet ri.cal fenes t ration of single and grouped windows o.f rarieci
size, hip and shed lormers, hargehoard trim on the pavilion gable,
and slightly flared broad eaves with stick-bracket deta iling. Edward
F. Hinkle built this house as a summer residence for himself, on land
given by Mrs. Clement A. Griscom as compensation for work he had
done for her see number 414. In 1921 this became the summer home of
Ford Motor Company executive John W. Anderson of Detroit. Anderson’s
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gardner of Washington,
-D.C. , later occupied the house. Mr. Gardner was at one time U.S.
Ambassador to Cuba.
See Continua t ion Sheet /1.1