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NPS Form III ‘11114-li OMII No 1024-00114<br />

LI 1121 I .p. 10-31-114<br />

United States Department <strong>of</strong> the Interior<br />

<strong>National</strong> Park Service<br />

<strong>National</strong> <strong>Register</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Historic</strong> <strong>Places</strong> -<br />

Inventory-Nomination Form<br />

Continuation sheet - 53 Item number<br />

Wcsterly Road cent.<br />

YORK ROAD<br />

For tiPs use only<br />

rec&ved<br />

NC 239 House 1980-81: A 2- to 3-story, gable-ro<strong>of</strong>, vertical-hoard modern<br />

dwel 1 i ng with casement windows and a large re-ar deck,<br />

YOSEMITE VALLEY ROAD -<br />

NC 241 House 1981 : A 1½-story, flank-gable, vertical-board, Contemporary -<br />

style cottage with a shed-ro<strong>of</strong> clerestory rising above the gable ro<strong>of</strong>,<br />

242 Wildridge 1960s: A 1-story,- flank-gahle-ro<strong>of</strong>, ranch-type tract<br />

house - -<br />

NC - 243 Ihouso 1940s? with earlier section? : A small 1- story, gable - ro<strong>of</strong><br />

cottage, nearly hidden from view by shrubbery, with a massive stone<br />

chimney and an extensive perch glazed with jalousie windows, it may<br />

incorporate part <strong>of</strong> an early 20th-century outbuilding once affiliated<br />

with Ridge End number 244 ; if so, it has been greatly altered.<br />

244 Ridge End 1907 with 1910 addition : A plain 2½-story, gable-ro<strong>of</strong><br />

dwelling comprising two wings arranged at an obtuse angle. it has<br />

asymmetrical fenestration, three I-story columned porches, a 2-story<br />

bay window, and hip-ro<strong>of</strong> dormers .-The house is set on a hillside<br />

with a rubblestone basement a story above grade on the interior-angle<br />

-side. The house was occupied at one time by the A. L. Dickinsons <strong>of</strong><br />

New York and later by James - C. Farrell <strong>of</strong> Albany.<br />

7<br />

date entered<br />

Page 54<br />

twin hay windows flanking the entrance; a - central front gambrel with<br />

a recessed halcon y; and hip- ro<strong>of</strong> dermers at second-story and attic<br />

level - The wings are asymmetrca I , with polygonal second- story bays<br />

and dormers. TIme ro<strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong> the central block has a deep front over<br />

hang, supported by c.o lununs , which extends as a hiiphied pent ro<strong>of</strong> on<br />

columns across thre facade <strong>of</strong> the side wings. The house was built for<br />

William A. Procter <strong>of</strong> Procter F1 Gamble and was sold in 1914 to Richard<br />

B. Mel Ion <strong>of</strong> Pittsburgh p-resident <strong>of</strong> the Mel lou <strong>National</strong> Bank and a<br />

diredtor <strong>of</strong> the Federal Reserve Bank <strong>of</strong> Cleveland. The Mel lens en<br />

la rged the house and comm is sioned the Olmsted Brothers firm to plan<br />

the landscaping.<br />

: 240 The Lodge 1 91 Os? : A I - story, hip-ro<strong>of</strong>, rectangmml a r-hl ock st rincture<br />

with asbestos-shingle wail cover. It resembles, a mid-20th-cenitu-ry<br />

ranch house hut was built as a chauffeur’s residence and garage for<br />

Graydon see number 157<br />

See Continuation Sheet #54

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