253 West 76th Street

253 West 76th Street

Date: 1889-90

NB Number: NB 44-89

Block: 1168

Lot: 104

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, and Wood

Stories: 4 with basement

Elements: Four-story with basement rowhouse; brownstone basement and first floor; red brick with brownstone trim at upper floors; slate mansard roof; one-over-one wood windows; angled four-story bay at left capped with cornice and an octagonal cone turret; triangular pediment and carved spandrels between second and third floors; cornice above third floor; mansard roof with one dormer; brick chimney.

Historic District: West End - Collegiate HD

Alterations: Stoop removed and entry moved to basement; facade painted; wrought-iron areaway railing installed.

History: Originally built as a row of seven houses (nos. 241-253; 241 demolished) by Dore Lyon, a developer. Henry E. Kane purchased No. 253 in April 1890.

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