120-122 Rverside Drive AKA 359 West 84th Street

120-122 Riverside Drive, AKA 359 West 84th Street

NB Number: NB 69-1899

Type:  Tenement

Architect:  Keister, George

Developer/Owner/Builder: James M Stewart & William R Stewart

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark  Designation Report:  RiversideDrive – West End Historic District Extension I

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Medieval Revival

Primary Facade:   Brick and Stone

Stories: 9

Window Type/Material: Special Windows: Arched windows at ninth story.

Stoop Type: Unknown

Structure: Arched windows at ninth story. Decorative Metal Work: Iron fire-escape runs the length of the building. Significant Architectural Features: Prominent curved bays; rusticated stone base; stoop with curved stone newel posts and iron railings; central arched stone main entrance with terra cotta ornament that frames second story windows; doors with arched transom; channel cornice at second story acts as sill for windows; horizontal brick header bands wrap the facade at the third and fourth stories; wide stone channel cornice at fifth story; vertical brick header bands run the length of facade and frame windows at the fifth through eighth stories; bracketed stone cornice, arched windows and blind arcade at ninth story.

West Facade: Designed (historic) Facade Notes: Prominent curved bays; rusticated stone base; stoop with curved stone newel posts and iron railings; channel cornice at second story acts as sill for windows; horizontal brick header bands wrap the facade at the third and fourth stories; wide stone channel cornice at fifth story; vertical brick header bands run the length of facade and frame windows at the fifth through eighth stories; bracketed stone cornice, arched windows and blind arcade at ninth story.

East Facade: Designed (historic) (partially visible) Facade Notes: Brick facade; windows with molded stone sills.

Historic District: Riverside Drive-West End HD Extension I

Alterations: Main entrance doors replaced; windows replaced; roof line cornice removed Site Features: Grassy areaway South Facade: Designed (historic) Door(s): Replaced primary door Windows: Mixed (upper stories); replaced (basement) Cornice: Removed Sidewalk Material(s): concrete Curb Material(s): Stone Areaway Wall/Fence Materials: None Areaway Paving Material: Grass