243 West 76th Street

243 West 76th Street

NB Number: NB 44-89

Block: 1168

Lot: 8

Type:  Rowhouse

Architect:  Boylan, William H.

Developer/Owner/Builder: Dore Lyon

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report: West End – Collegiate Historic District

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Eclectic with Queen Anne and Romanesque influence.

Primary Facade:   Brick and Brownstone

Stories: 4 with basement

Elements: Four-story with basement rowhouse; brownstone basement and first floor; upper floors brick with brownstone trim; slate mansard roof; high brownstone stoop; triangular pediment on console brackets at entry; double leaf, wood and oval glass entry doors; large round-arched window at parlor floor; foliated oriel at second floor right; round-arched window opening at third floor with large fanlight; dormers in mansard roof.

Historic District: West End - Collegiate HD

Alterations: Cornice above third floor removed; entire building renovated 1982; Metal windows installed; ornamental details lost; facade painted.

History: Built as a row of seven houses (Nos. 241-253; 241 demolished) for developer Dore Lyon. Florian H. Florance bought No. 243
from Lyon in March 1891.

References: New York City, Department of Buildings, Manhattan, Plans, Permits and Dockets.

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