252 West 85th Street, AKA 252-254 West 85th Street

252 West 85th Street

Date: 1913-1914

NB Number: NB 367-1913

Type:  Apartment Building

Architect:  Schwartz & Gross

Developer/Owner/Builder: Woolsey Realty Corp

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report:Riverside Drive – West End Historic District Extension I

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Classical Revival

Primary Facade:   Brick and Stone

Stories: 9

Window Type/Material: Unknown

Structure:  Significant Architectural Features: Brick facade with high stone water table; central entrance with two story stone enframements, featuring scrolled brackets supporting a denticulated cornice flanking historic light fixtures; band molding at the third story runs the width of the building interrupted at the outer bays by balconettes; the central bay features a balconette that spans the four windows at the fifth story; window groupings at outer bays with stone sills and balconettes at the seventh story; pilasters supported by decorative paired scrolls mark the bays at the ninth story topped by an ornately decorated terra cotta frieze topped by a denticulated cornice with terra cotta cresting at the roof line

North Facade: Designed (historic, repointed, some bricks replaced) Door(s): Possibly historic primary door Windows: Replaced Security Grilles: Possibly historic (upper stories) Cornice: Historic Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete Curb Material(s): Stone

East Facade: Not designed (historic) (partially visible) Facade Notes: Brick facade

West Facade: Not designed (historic) (partially visible) Facade Notes: Brick facade

Historic District: Riverside Drive-West End HD Extension I

Alterations: Windows replaced; bricks replaced and some repointing; canvas awning over entrance