114-07 175th Street
Home Of Babe Ruth

Block 10305, Lot 112

Date of construction: 1929
Architect: Addisleigh Homes Inc.

City property records do not confirm that Babe Ruth owned this home. Interestingly, in records at the Department of Buildings, an original architectural drawing exists that bears no resemblance to the extant home. This home, which was scheduled to be built in 1927 and designed by David J. Cohan, was presumably one of the Addisleigh Homes. The drawing is labeled “B” type, and its design corresponds to one of the illustrations in the Rodman & English Addisleigh Homes brochure. It is possible that the existence of this material in this block and lot folder were filed erroneously, or that plans to build according to those designs changed.

The original cost was $8,000.00.

The extant home is a Colonial-Revival-style three-story frame house with a brick veneer.
It features a gambrel roof, three dormer windows, and a prominent Italianate curved portico
with Corinthian columns. This home was illustrated in the “Addisleigh Homes” brochure,
as part of the page entitled “Some of our neighbors.”

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