They built and owned it but they were not legally able to live in it. A Deed Covenant attached to all neighborhood properties stated that anyone with Negro Blood could only be there if they were employed as servants.
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The Secret History of Scarsdale · How Americans views on civil rights have evolved over time.
The Secret History of Scarsdale 
The house is now at 501 Fort Hill Road in the Edgemont section of the Town of Greenburgh. The Cockburns are listed as living there in the 1940 census records. The house is still very lovely and has been tastefully modernized.