251 West 76th Street

251 West 76th Street

Date: 1889-90

NB Number: NB 44-89

Block: 1168

Lot: 5

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, Red Brick, Wood, and Wrought Iron

Stories: 4 with basement

Elements:  Four-story with basement row house; brownstone basement and first floor; .red brick with brownstone trim at upper floors; slate mansard roof; one-over-one wood windows, “L”-shaped rock-faced brownstone stoop; triangular pediment on console brackets at arched entry; double leaf wood and oval glass entry doors with fanlight transom; round-arched windows at first and third floors, with stained glass in transom fanlights on first floor; foliated oriel at left with three windows on second floor; mansard roof with two triangular pedimented dormers; brick chimney; wrought-iron grilles at basement windows.

Historic District: West End - Collegiate HD

Alterations: Cornices removed at third and fourth floors; facade painted.

History: Originally built as a row of seven houses (No. 241-253; 241 demolished) by developer Dore Lyon. Aaron Wolff, Jr. purchased No. 251 in April 1890.

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