127 Riverside Drive, AKA 354 West 85th Street

127 Riverside Drive, AKA 354 West 85th Street

 

Date: 1895-1896

NB Number: NB 2019-1895

Type:  Flats

Architect:  Thom & Wilson

Developer/Owner/Builder: J T & J A Farley

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report: placeholder

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Renaissance Revival

Primary Facade:   Brick and Brownstone

Stories: 8

Window Type/Material: One-over-one double-hung;  Arched windows at seventh story

Stoop Type: Unknown

Basement Type: Unknown

Structure: Significant Architectural Features: High water table, one story rusticated stone base; curved bay at the Riverside Drive facade; main entrance on West 85th Street; stone stoop with cast iron railings; one-over-one double-hung windows throughout with stone enframements at the second and third stories, and flat flared lintels with keystones at windows on fourth through sixth stories; stone cornice wraps the building and acts as a sill for the windows at the second story, repeated at the fourth and seventh stories; stone banding wraps the building and acts as sills for windows at the third, fifth, and sixth stories.

North Facade: Designed (historic, painted) Stoop: Possibly historic stoop (possibly historic gate under stoop) Door(s): Replaced primary door; secondary entrance under stoop Windows: Mixed (upper stories); possibly historic (basement) Security Grilles: Not historic (upper stories); possibly historic (basement) Cornice: Removed Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete Curb Material(s): Stone Areaway Wall/Fence Materials: Stone/cast iron Areaway Paving Material: Concrete/metal

West Facade: Designed (historic) Facade Notes: Similar to north facade

East Facade: Not designed (historic) (partially visible)

References: NYC, Department of Buildings, ALT 2255-1935, ALT 3219-1935 (addition)

Historic District: Riverside Drive-West End HD Extension I

Alterations: Non-historic light fixtures at entrance; first story facade painted; an early addition created eighth story with two less bays at rear of West 85th Street facade, with tripartite window groupings; eighth story facade parged and cornice removed from seventh story; some windows replaced.   Two 1935 alterations. Main entrance on West 85th Street.

 

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