Villa Lewaro
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Location:	North Broadway, Irvington, New York
Coordinates:	41°2′35.2″N 73°51′50″W / 41.043111°N 73.86389°W / 41.043111; -73.86389
Built/Founded:	1916-1918
Architect:	Vertner Tandy
Architectural style(s):	Italian Renaissance
Governing body:	Private
Added to NRHP:	May 11, 1976[1]
Designated NHL:	May 11, 1976[2]
NRHP Reference#:	76001289 [1]

Villa Lewaro, also known as the Anne E. Poth Home, was the home of Madam C. J. Walker, 1867-1919, believed to be the first female, and first African-American, self-made millionaire. It is an Italianate villa house designed for Walker by Vertner Tandy, the first registered African-American architect, and has been considered to be one of his greatest works. It was constructed during 1916-1918 at an estimated cost of $250,000, and was furnished lavishly. The name Villa Lewaro was coined by a distinguished visitor, Enrico Caruso, from the first two letters of each word in Lelia Walker Robinson, the name of her daughter, who later went by the name of A'Lelia Walker.

The home was used as a conference center on race relations issues. Walker died there in 1919; the house was inherited by her daughter A'Lelia Walker who owned it until she herself died in 1931. It then became the Anne E. Poth Home for Convalescent and Aged Members of the Companions of the Forest in America.^[3]

The house became a National Historic Landmark in 1976.^[2][4]

The house is located at the intersection of Fargo Lane and North Broadway (US 9) in Irvington, New York. It is a private residence and not open to the public.

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[edit] Bibliography

A'Lelia P. Bundles. On Her Own Ground: the Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker. 2001

[edit] External links

• Irvington Historical Society - Villa Lewaro
• 2 photos at [Historic American Buildings Survey]
• Places Where Women Made History: Villa Lewaro, at National Park Service
• http://www.hudsonriver.com/halfmoonpress/stories/1198mans.htm
• http://www.hudsonriver.com/halfmoonpress/stories/0399gard.htm
• http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/walk-mad.htm
• http://forums.sohh.com/showthread.php?t=611969

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