245 West 103rd Street

245 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:   Not determined

Stories: 3 and basement

Window Type/Material: See Structure

Stoop Type: Unknown

Structure:  Significant Architectural Features: Rough faced rustication at basement; windows with carved heads at basement; windows with carved lintel course, spandrels, heads and jams at first story; two story angular bay supported by carved brackets; carved lintel course and spandrels at second story; incised banding and fluting and carved window heads at third story; metal cornice with classically decorated cornice

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. The five interior houses (243 to 251) are nearly identical. Between the 1930s and 1960s 245 West 103rd Street was a rooming house (CO 23381-1938; CO 57352-1963).

Site Features: Diamond plate hatch; concrete stairs with diamond plate treads; metal railings

Notable History and Residents: Humphrey Bogart, lived in the house with his parents Dr. Belmont Bogart and Maude Humphrey, the renowned illustrator, and his sisters from roughly 1910 to 1920. (Reference(s): U.S. Census records, 1910-20)

South Facade: Designed (historic, resurfaced, 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 Areaway Paving Material: Concrete

Historic District: Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II

Alterations: Stoop removed, entrance relocated to basement; lights; historic plaque; areaway wall removed