The Old Homestead home of Timothy Dillon and Maria Murray Dillon

 On the back of this photo, my father, Robert Dillon, had written the following:
                    
                        "The Old Homestead"- Pelham Road, New Rochelle, N.Y. This is the rear
                          view that looked out on the garden, boat yard, dock, outdoor privies and hen
                          house. "The Old Homestead" was the home of Frank Dillon's aunts & uncle.
                          He spent a great deal of time there, though he never lived there. This picture
                          shows the house in 1899. It had been rebuilt, or added to, by Valentine Doern,
                          carpenter contractor, in 1887 (see existing contract in Bob Dillon's possession).
                          House was sold to a stranger in mid-1940's."

I did not find the contract my father references in his notes.