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Charles Paterno Architecture
Dr. Charles Vincent Paterno architecture outside of Manhattan and/or buildings owned but not built:
Bantam Lake
“Our cottage at Bantam Lake in Connecticut which Dad had built…” Carlo Paterno in My Family page 29
“Helen and I had been looking over that old cottage at Bantam Lake in Connecticut which Dad had built when I was an infant. It was on land owned by a one-time housekeeper, Mrs.Emely. The Paternos had spent summers there prior to the farm at Armonk. Helen and I surveyed the ruins of the burned-down cottage.” Carlo Paterno in My Family page 115
136 Waverly Place (owned by but not built by CVP) – gifted to Helen & Carlo Paterno as a wedding gift
Round Hill aka Chateau Paterno aka Chateau Lafayette
Note: Paterno Castle at Fort Washington was considered the highest point on the island of Manhattan. Round Hill was considered the highest point between New York and Boston.
NB 173-1937 (known as The Hubert per 1940 map/photo project) Central Park South [West 59th Street], 226-230 17-sty bk apt, 75×80 Cost: $650,000 Owner: Park Slope Const. Corp., Siegfried Moisseiff, pres, 99 Wall Architect: J. M. Felson, 250 W 57 Address in Real Estate Record: CENTRAL PARK S, 226-230
Miscellaneous mentions of and articles about CVP:
Italian Hospital:
“By 1916, what came to be referred to as the Italian Hospital had moved to East 83rd Street at the East River, as seen on the map of that year. By the 1920s, the buildings which once housed the hospital has been demolished as well as part of the extension and expansion of Sixth Avenue and Houston Street to allow the construction of the IND (A, C, E, F) subway line underneath.” Greenwich Village’s Italian Benevolent Hospital Cared For Thousands, Was Cared For By Operatic Superstar
NB 115-1937 West 74th Street, 251-253 6-sty bk apt, 40×86 Cost: $40,000 Owner: Longrange Realty Corp., Chas. S. Paterno, pres, 405 Lexington av – different Charles Paterno? Architect: Cherry & Matz, 16 E 50 Address in Real Estate Record: 74TH ST, 251-253 W – this listing shows on OASIS (Block 116 Lot 6 for 251 West 74th Street) a demolition permit (DP 175-37) in 1937 and a New Building Permit (NB 195-47) in 1947; perhaps CVP’s project didn’t complete; a 7-story narrow apartment house stands today
PATERNO, Dr. Charles Vincent Real Estate Operator and Builder, Chateau Lafayette, Greenwich; residence at Round Hill, John Street, Greenwich. Born in Italy, August 4, 1877; son of Giovanni and Carolina Paterno. Educated: Cornell University, graduated 1899, M.D. Married in New York City, 1906, to Minnie Middaugh; children: Carlo M. Real estate operator and builder. Member Mecca Masonic Temple. Club: Westchester Country (Rye, N. Y. ). Resident of Greenwich 2 years.