245 West 71st Street

245 West 71st Street

NB Number: NB  498-1885

Type:  Rowhouse

Architect:  John H. Steinmetz

Developer/Owner/Builder: placeholder

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report: Addendum to the West End-Collegiate Historic District Extension Designation Report

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Neo-Grec

Primary Facade:   Brownstone

Stories: 3 and basement and sub-basement

Historic District: West End-Collegiate HD Extension

Significant Architectural Features: Incised lintels supported on stylized pilasters and bracketed sills; bracketed cornice with paneled fascia; main entry portico consisting of denticulated entablature supported on incised pilasters.

Alterations: Replaced sashes (one-over-one double-hung sashes present in c. 1939 tax photograph); lights at main entry; light at entry under stoop and at sub-basement; security camera at main entry, at basement, and at sub-basement.

Building Notes: Possibly historic molded transom bar at main entry.

Site Features: Stairs descend into areaway; non-historic tall posts at stoop; non-original handrails at stoop; additional stairs lead to additional sub-basement entry.

South Facade: Designed (historic, painted, resurfaced)
Stoop: Painted stoop (gate under stoop – replaced)
Door(s): Replaced primary door
Windows: Replaced (upper stories); replaced (basement)
Cornice: Original
Areaway Wall/Fence Material(s): Non-historic tall concrete walls with tall concrete posts and gate
Areaway Paving Material(s): Square paving
Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete
Curb Material(s): Concrete and metal