2345 Broadway: Euclid Hall

2345 Broadway

Date: 1900

NB Number: 188-1900

Type:  Apartment Building

Architect:  Hill & Turner

Developer/Owner/Builder: Le Grand K. Pettit

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report: Riverside Drive – West End Historic District Extension I

National Register Designation: n/a

Primary Style:  Beaux-Arts

Primary Facade:   Brick, Red Brick, and Stone

Stories: 2, 7-story

Window Type/Material: Segmental-arched windows at the second story at the West 85th Street facade and at the first story at teh West 86th Street facade

Decorative Metal Work: Elaborately decorated iron balconette at third story at all facades

Significant Architectural Features: Rusticated stone and brick base; quoins; keyed window enframements with elaborately carved projecting pediments on third through fifth stories; denticulated cornice above fifth story; balustraded cornice at roofline

Site Features: West 86th areaway enclosed by low stone wall and cast-iron fencing and historic lamp-post

Notable History and Residents: Considered one of the most ambitious apartment houses of its time, due in part to its advanced design, four separate entrances lead to a central lobby with apartments at the ground story and basement, several designed as duplexes; several narrow light-courts separate building into wings and allow the apartments at upper stories ample light. In 1942, Euclid Hall was converted to a SRO (single room occupancy) hotel, and in 1989, purchased by a non-profit and rehabilitated to provide supportive SRO senior citizen housing.

East Facade: Door – Replaced primary door; Windows – Replaced (upper stories) and not visible (basement); Storefronts – Replaced; Cornice – Original; Sidewalk Materials – Concrete; Curb Materials – Stone; Areaway Wall/Fence Materials – Stone/Metal

North Facade: Low stone wall with historic cast-iron fencing and two lamp-posts flanking stoop; central segmental-arched entrance with stone enframement; historic wood-and-glass double-leaf doors with segmental-arched transom; two segmental-arched windows flank entrance; rusticated stone and brick base; quoins; keyed window enframements with elaborately carved projecting pediments on third through fifth stories; denticulated cornice above fifth story; balustrade cornice at roofline

South Facade: Rusticated stone and brick base; quoins; keyed window enframements with elaborately carved projecting pediments on thirdthrough fifth stories; denticulated cornice above fifth story; balustrade cornice at roofline

West Facade: Brick facade with deniculated cornice above fifth story; balustrade cornice at roofline; windows with modled stone lintels; recessed areaway with stairs that acess service alley

Historic District: Riverside Drive-West End HD Extension I

Alterations: Storefronts on Broadway and West 85th Street altered; bracketed metal balconette removed from seventh story; windows replaced.