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PALISADE AVENUE, NO. 2505
Spuyten Duyvil
OCTOBER 11, 1935. ABBOTT FILE 13

Originally built in 1855 as a two-story structure with a gabled roof, this house belonged to Philo Johnson, a member of the family that founded the Johnson iron foundry, the area's dominant industry. Like the many Johnson houses in Spuyten Duyvil, it commanded spectacular views of the Hudson River, the Palisades, and Inwood Park. By 1905, however, no. 2505 become a boarding house owned by a member of the Cox family, business partners of the Johnsons.

The house was torn down sometime before 1945. The address 2505 Palisade Avenue is incorrect; it belongs to the Villa Charlotte Bronte, a nearby apartment complex built in 1926.

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