Gustav Schwab House

Schwab HouseLocation: 1930 Sedgwick Avenue (South Hall, Bronx Community College), Block: 3222, Lot:62.

Status: Never landmarked.It was heard on August 11th, 1981 and on January 31st, 1991 under LP-1251. It was decalendared via a no action motion. Currently called South Hall in Bronx Community College.

Description from the Bronx Survey: The original Gustav Schwab house on the campus of Bronx Community College (old New York University) is a large red brick structure of two and one-half stories. Each of the several roof gables boasts wide overhanging bracketed eaves. Tne eaves, in addition to the slender panelled chimneys, grouped round-headed windows and distinctive square tower reminiscent of an Italian campanile, place this house in the picturesque Italianate style. Similarly, the site on a rise overlooking the Harlem River exhibits the mid-nineteenth century love for picturesque scenery.

Schwab, the New York agent for North German Lloyd Steamship Company, chose the site , once the location of Revolutionary War Fort No. 8, because of its fine view of the spires of New York. He and his family occupied the house from 1858 until Mrs. Schwab’s death in 1904. The house and property were acquired by New York University in 1906 with $300,000 donated by Mrs. Russell Sage.

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