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Forest Hills is a mostly residential neighborhood in the central portion of the borough of Queens in New York City.It is adjacent to Corona to the north, Rego Park and Glendale to the west, Forest Park to the south, Kew Gardens to the southeast, and Flushing Meadows–Corona Park to the east.

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Ralph Johnson Bunche House, the last home of American diplomat Ralph Bunche (1903-1971), is a National Historic Landmark in New York City. It is a single-family home built in 1927 in the neo-Tudor style, and is located at 115-24 Grosvenor Road, Kew Gardens, Queens. It is named after Ralph Bunche, who helped to found the United Nations in 1945. In 1950 he became the first African American and first person of color to win the Nobel Peace Prize, for mediating armistice agreements between Israel and its neighboring countries.

History[edit]

The Bunche house was developed in 1927 as part of the development of Kew Gardens.^[3] The property, in which the house was eventually constructed, was continually bought and sold over the years.^[3] The Kew Gardens Corporation sold this property to Elena Goodale in 1920, who later sold it to Louis Frisse in 1926, who constructed the house.^[3] In 1948, ownership of the property changed and in 1949, it was sold to Jack Sturm.^[3]

During the 1950s, Bunche lived in Parkway Village, an apartment complex in Kew Gardens Hills that was built for UN employees and that was one of the first in the country to be racially integrated. In 1952 Sturm sold the property to Ralph Bunche and his wife,^[3] who were raising three children; the couple used the award money that came with the Nobel Prize to buy the house. He lived in the house until his death in 1971, and his wife lived there until she died in 1988.^[4]

Description[edit]

The style of which this house was built is a neo-Tudor style.^[3] It was designed by the prominent Brooklyn architects Koch & Wagner.^[3] The house stands at 2 1/2 stories and is faced in stucco pierced by random bricks and stones.^[3] The house maintains its original wooden doors with iron strapping; the original leaded glass windows and slate roof are also maintained.^[3] It is located in a suburban setting of single-family homes and is surrounded by mature trees and bushes.^[3] The house is also situated on the crest of a hill and contains a terraced flagstone walkway leading from the street to the front door.^[3] The house's attached gable is inset into the hill at the basement level.^[3] The house is faced with random ashlar stones and has an opening that is stone-framed and arched segmentally; this opening is filled by wooden doors with small plain glass lights and metal strapping.^[3] The house is three bays wide with a central, full height, projecting gable capped/adorned by a clipped roof.^[3] The doorway, within the gable, is built within a round arched, stone-trimmed opening and holds a wooden door with a small, rectangular window covered by a decorative iron grille.^[3] There is an original iron and glass lantern situated on the wall beside the door.^[3] Additionally, there is a small, rectangular window within the gable above the doorway, along with a large, double-height window to the side of the entrance.^[3] This window has leaded glass casements with a decorative stained glass motif of a knight on horseback at the bottom center of the window; this window is fronted by a small, iron balcony.^[3] A pair of small rectangular windows are built near the top of the gable and are surrounded by half-timber framing.^[3] There is a stucco-faced chimney on one side of the central gable.^[3] The lower section of the chimney projects toward the front and creates another small roof and shape variety.^[3] There is a small, open stone porch on the west side of the house's main section, while the east side contains a one-storey, stone-faced sun room with floor-to-ceiling casement windows.^[3] This area is recessed behind a patio and the stone walls that rise up from the garage below.^[3]

Landmark designations[edit]

The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976.^[2][5][6] The house is also a New York City landmark.^[4]

See also[edit]

• Ralph J. Bunche House, in Los Angeles, where he spent his childhood.

References[edit]

1. ^'National Register Information System'. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
2. ^ ^ab'Ralph Johnson Bunche House'. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. 2007-09-18. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2007-09-20.
3. ^ ^{abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw}Document. Kurshan, Virginia. Landmarks Preservation Commission. Description & Analysis. May 17, 2005. Designation List 363 LP-2175
4. ^ ^abKurshan, Virginia (May 17, 1975). 'Ralph Bunche House'(PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. Archived from the original(PDF) on June 12, 2009. Retrieved September 25, 2007.
5. ^Graves, Lynne Gomez (October 20, 1975). 'National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Ralph Bunche House'(pdf). National Park Service.
6. ^'National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Ralph Bunche House—Accompanying photos'(pdf). National Park Service. 1975.

External links[edit]

• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NY-5691, 'Ralph Bunche House, 115-125 Grosvenor Road, Kew Gardens, Queens County, NY', 15 photos, 3 data pages, 1 photo caption page

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In Quarter 4, the median home sale price in Kew Gardens was $386K, a 3% change year-over-year.There were a total of 34 transactions, down 26% compared to the same month last year.In Quarter 4, the median price per square foot was $549, an 8% YoY change.The median home sale price in Queens was $570K.

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The small, charming neighborhood of Kew Gardens is smack dab in the middle of Queens and is known for its curving streets. With a diverse, middle-class population, housing options are various: garden apartments, co-ops, multi-family homes, and single-family homes. There's a station on the Long Island Railroad and lots of green space.

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