250 West 104th Street (aka 246-252 West 104th Street)

250 West 104th Street (aka 246-252 West 104th Street)

Date: 1911

NB Number: NB 707-1911

Type:  Apartment Building

Architect:  Schwartz & Gross

Developer/Owner/Builder: Bloomingdale Construction Company

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:   Brick, Limestone, and Terra Cotta

Stories: 9

Structure:  Significant Architectural Features: Tripartite composition with two story base, six story middle section, and one story capital; limestone clad base with granite watertable; entrance features molded surround with ornamental frieze; paired windows separated with stone mullion; beltcourse between base and middle section, with balustraded spandrels and bracketed central balconette; third story windows with quoined terra cotta enframements; terra cotta beltcourse above third and eighth stories; upper stories feature recessed spandrels with patterned brickwork; denticulated beltcourse below top story; top story features elaborate window enframements with terra cotta and brick piers, segmental arched tympanum, and cartouche ornamented spandrels; terra cotta cornice

North Facade: Designed (historic) Door(s): Replaced primary door; historic iron-and-glass secondary entrance door Windows: Replaced Security Grilles: Historic (upper stories) Cornice: Original Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete Curb Material(s): Granite

West Facade: Not designed (historic) (partially visible) Facade Notes: Brick side wall, parged lower stories; one bay of windows above fifth story in front section, two bays of windows in rear section; light court

Historic District: Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II

Alterations: Railing removed from second story balconette