241 West 103rd Street

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