Between 1954 and 1957, the Municipal Art Society surveyed historic buildings in all five boroughs to create a database of potential landmarks to preserve. Local residents and MAS staff compiled individual sheets devoted to about 200 buildings. Each sheet outlined the building’s date, location, and style and provided a description and a small photograph. This is the list of Bronx buildings with descriptions by architectural historian Agnes A. Gilchrist.

Administration Building ca. 1954 The Administration Building (now known as Cunniffe House) was originally a country house of the Greek Revival Period. The interior has been remodeled to serve as offices and the original character of the house is lost. The exterior, however, has remained with the west facade unaltered. Wings have been added at the north and south. The east facade has been recently stuccoed and a new door has been added. The original character of the house is only in the west facade. IT is of great interest in itself and as a comparison with the Bartow Mansion also in the Bronx. The native stone has been shaped but not smoothed. The rich palmette motifs in the marble cornices above the windows are the most striking feature. The tripartite window in the center of the second floor has a full entablature. The square marble porch with both piers and Ionic columns is a good example of the 1830's Greek Revival Porch.

"Children filing into the library after the formal opening with a public celebration." This photograph depicts the 1923 opening day of the Fordham Branch of the New York Public Library. The land for the building was purchased in 1917 but the First World War delayed the construction. The McKim, Mead, and White-designed building was originally called the Bronx Central Library and, when opened, was the largest library building in the borough. The building included a lecture space and was used to teach local immigrants communities (Irish, Italian, and Jewish) how to read and write English and adjust to American culture. The children lined up in the opening day photograph were likely the children of these local immigrant communities.

Flood Triangle, 1938. This three-sided patch of land has been a park since 1849. The lot, once part of William Powell's Union Hill Farm, came under the control of the Parks Department of Westchester County (where this was located until the late 19th century) for use as a "public place or open space" in March of that year. It then became a public park in the city of New York in 1895. The name Flood likely came from a local soldier killed in the First World War. This 1938 photograph depicts two large elm trees which no longer stand here, though the small open space still has smaller foliage and benches used by the local community.