Rochelle Heights is a historic residential neighborhood in the city of
New Rochelle, in
Westchester County
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New York
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. The area is bordered by the City Park area on the east, Interstate 95 on the south, and
Rochelle Park on the west. The Rochelle Heights and Rochelle Park neighborhoods together create the
Rochelle Park-Rochelle Heights Historic District
Rochelle may refer to:
Places in the United States
*Rochelle, Florida
*Rochelle, Georgia
*Rochelle, Illinois
* Rochelle, Texas
* Rochelle, Virginia
People
* Rochelle (given name), including a list of people with this name
* John of la Rochelle ( ...
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History
Rochelle Heights was laid out in a number of phases beginning in 1905 by New York architects Mann, MacNellie and Lindeberg. Its landscape design is more efficient than Rochelle Park, reflecting its later period of development. The architecture of Rochelle Heights does not have the same uniformity as Rochelle Park but rather, reflects the diversity of scale and style found in suburban architecture in the early twentieth century, including
Queen Anne,
shingle
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Construction
*Roof shingles or wall shingles, including:
**Wood shingle
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arts and crafts
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tudor revival,
beax-arts and
colonial revival. These two neighborhoods, combined into one historic district in 1986, reflect the history of
suburban
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design since 1885 when the phenomenon first took hold in the United States.
The plan for Rochelle Heights is organized around a promontory in the northeastern part of the subdivision that was set aside for large houses with the status of water views. As the plan descended from this highpoint, a hierarchy of lots and architecture is shown in a secondary group encircling the hill. The properties at the outer limits of the development are more closely arranged in a tight pattern with detached houses intended for a middle-class clientele.
[Westchester, The American Suburb, Roger Panetta (2006); page 186] The latter properties provided a buffer against the more random development outside the district and protected the neighborhood's exclusive environment within.
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External links
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NY HomeTownLocator Community ProfileRochelle Heights map
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Planned communities in the United States
Neighborhoods in New Rochelle, New York