Villard Hill / Thorwood
Villard Avenue sits on Villard Hill. Henry Villard bought Thorwood in 1879. His widow stayed until 1928. In 1930–31 the hill was sold to Joseph Medill Patterson of the Daily News. The 1957 Dobbs register said about 40 houses stood on the old estate by 1956.
Thorwood and the neighboring Dunedin house were pulled down after the sale. The street name is the leftover. The holding sat on the Hastings / Dobbs line, next to the Minturn ground that became Riverview Manor.
Henry Villard (1879); Fanny Garrison Villard; Joseph Medill Patterson (1930)
100 acres, according to the sources we used.
Hastings-on-Hudson, Dobbs Ferry · Cut 1931 · 56 lots on the current roll · 2 streets.
See this holding on the map · How streets are matched to estates
Streets on the 2026 roll
The match is made by street name. A house on one of these streets gets this card.
Sources
This is unofficial. It is not a title search, a survey, or real-estate advice. The colored areas on the map are outlines reconstructed from the sources. They are not surveyed deed lines.
FAQ
Is this a title search?
No. The street is matched to a researched plat or holding. Confirm a boundary on a county atlas, a filed plat, or a deed.
How far back does this go?
About 1870 to 1960. It covers the country places, farms, orchards, and clubs that were divided into today's streets.
Unofficial. Confirm figures on the town’s official roll or in PROS, the county’s property records system, before you act on them.