241 West 103rd Street
Date: 1891
NB Number: NB 213-1891
Type: Rowhouse
Architect: Ferdon, Martin V.B.
Developer/Owner/Builder: J J Egan and Daniel Hallecy
NYC Landmarks Designation: Historic District
Landmark Designation Report: Riverside Drive– West End Historic District Extension II
National Register Designation: N/A
Primary Style: Renaissance Revival
Primary Facade: Brownstone
Stories: 3 and basement
Window Type/Material: See Structure
Stoop Type: Unknown
Structure:Significant Architectural Features: Full height angled bay; rough faced rustication at basement, windows with carved heads; upper stories of bay with carved lintel courses and spandrel panels, chamfered window heads and jams; historic entrance surround with carved panels and keystone; single window at second story with console, keyed surround and carved segmental pediment; single window at third story with molded lintel; metal cornice with classically decorated frieze
Building Notes: M. V. B. Ferdon designed a row of seven houses from 241 to 253 West 103rd Street. Although designed for two separate pairs of developers the row reads as a unit. No. 241, the end house matched 253, since demolished. 241 West 103rd Street was a rooming house in the 1930s and 1940s. It was converted into apartments in the 1960s. (CO 23366-1938; CO 29382-1942; CO 57272-1963)
Site Features: Diamond plate hatches; siamese stand pipe
South Facade: Designed (historic, patched) Stoop: Removed Door(s): Replaced primary door Windows: Replaced (upper stories); replaced (basement) Cornice: Historic Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete Curb Material(s): Concrete with metal edge
Historic District: Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II
Alterations: Stoop removed and entrance relocated; remote utility meter; railings; light; areaway wall removed; intercom; postal release box