251 West 71st Street

251 West 72nd Street

Type:  Rowhouse

Architect:  Lamb & Rich

Developer/Owner/Builder: J. W. Stokes

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:  Renaissance Revival with alterations

Primary Facade:   Masonry

Stories: 4 and basement

Historic District: West End-Collegiate HD Extension

Special Windows: Round-arched window openings at fifth story (replaced sashes)

Significant Architectural Features: Rusticated masonry at second story; bay window from third to fourth stories with masonry details including a foliate ornament and lion’s-head brackets, capped by a molded cornice and paneled masonry balconette; molded window surrounds at fifth story support small molded entablatures; bracketed cornice

Alterations: Stoop removed, original main entry converted to window opening, and new commercial and residential entries installed at basement level (possibly 1919 when building converted to multiple dwelling (ALT 2107-19); altered again after c. 1939 tax photograph); replaced sashes (casement sashes at second story and one-over-one double-hung sashes above at time of c. 1939 tax photograph); screen windows; commercial signage; intercom at residential entry; lights at residential entry; lights at commercial space at first story.

Building Notes: This building was originally constructed as part of a larger row of three fourstory rowhouses with stoops, all under the same new building number. This is the only one of the three to have survived. It was converted from a single-family home into “bachelor apartments” in 1919 (ALT 2107-1919).

Site Features: In-ground metal hatch in sidewalk

South Facade: Designed (historic, painted)
Stoop: Removed
Door(s): Not historic primary door
Windows: Replaced
Storefront(s): Replaced
Cornice: Original
Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete
Curb Material(s): Concrete and metal