WARD HILL is the name of a neighborhood located in the northeastern part of Staten Island. WARD HILL is the northernmost of a chain of hills that stretch approximately halfway across Staten Island, which at one point, (on Todt Hill, toward the southern end of the chain) rises to 410 feet, the highest elevation found that close to the seaboard south of Maine in the United States.
WARD HILL is named for Caleb T. Ward who purchased property at the top of the hill in in 1826. WARD HILL has long been home to the island's political elite. His mansion, the Cleb T. Ward House (Seth Geer,c.1835) at 141 Nixon Avenue is a landmark. Part of WARD'S HILL western slope consists of a sharp cliff overlooking Victory Blvd. in Tompskinsville.
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