Keeper's House at Williamsbridge Reservoir
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Keeper's House at Williamsbridge Reservoir is a historic home located in The Bronx, New York, New York
. It was built in 1889 as part of the Williamsbridge Reservoir
complex. It is a -story, L-shaped stone house. It is 5000 square feet (464.5 m²) in size and has a slate
-covered gable roof with a clay tile roof ridge and copper gutters.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1999.
New York City
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. It was built in 1889 as part of the Williamsbridge Reservoir
Williamsbridge Reservoir
Williamsbridge Reservoir was a natural lake measuring just south of Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, New York. Specifically the body of water was located at 208th Street and Bainbridge Avenue. It was shaped like a saucer and was normally forty-one feet deep Its water level dropped approximately...
complex. It is a -story, L-shaped stone house. It is 5000 square feet (464.5 m²) in size and has a slate
Slate
Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism. The result is a foliated rock in which the foliation may not correspond to the original sedimentary layering...
-covered gable roof with a clay tile roof ridge and copper gutters.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1999.