247 West 76th Street

247 West 76th Street

NB Number: NB 44-89

Block: 1168

Lot: 7

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, Brownstone, and rock-faced brownstone

Stories: 4 with basement

Elements: Four-story with basement row house; rock-faced brownstone at basement and first floor; brick with brownstone trim at upper floors; slate mansard roof; one-over-one wood windows; round-arched window with keystone at first floor; foliated oriel with three windows at second floor; three arched windows with pilasters at third floor; two dormers with pediments set into mansard roof.

Historic District: West End - Collegiate HD

Alterations: Stoop removed and entry relocated to basement; facade painted; multipaned windows at parlor floor not original (installed in 1910-15); cornices at third and fourth floors removed; wrought-iron areaway railing installed.

History: Originally built as a row of seven houses (Nos. 241-253; 241 demolished) by developer Dore Lyon. Anna E. Wooster purchased No. 247 in October 1890.

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