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Robert Colgate House

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.

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Location5225 Sycamore Ave., Bronx, New York
Coordinates40°54′7″N 73°54′45″W / 40.90194°N 73.91250°W / 40.90194; -73.91250
Arealess than one acre
Built1860
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No.830016381
NYCL No.0672
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 8, 1983
Designated NYCLOctober 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


Colgate purchased the land in 1860 from Ann Cromwell; it had previously been owned by William G. Ackerman. The Riverdale Presbyterian Church was organized at a meeting held in Colgate's house in 1863.3

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.1

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. L. E. Gobrecht (August 1982). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Colgate, Robert, House. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved October 24, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
  3. "Robert Colgate House", Landmarks Preservation Committee, October 13, 1970, LP-0673
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