256 West 85th Street

256 West 85th Street

Date: 1894

NB Number: NB 318-1894

Type:  Tenement

Architect:  Herman P Seyfert

Developer/Owner/Builder: James Bradley

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

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

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Renaissance Revival

Primary Facade:   Brick and Stone

Stories: 5

Windows Type/Material: Unknown

Stoop Type: Unknown

Basement Type: Unknown

Structure: Significant Architectural Features: Ornate stone enframements surround entrance and second and fifth story windows; raised horizontal stone banding from first to fifth stories; raised pilaster at outer bays from the third to fifth stories; bracketed metal cornice

Site Features: Recessed areaway; non-historic metal fencing and gate

North Facade: Designed (historic, resurfaced) Stoop: Altered Door(s): Replaced primary door Windows: Replaced (upper stories); altered (basement) Security Grilles: Not historic (upper stories); altered (basement) Cornice: Historic Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete Curb Material(s): Stone Areaway Wall/Fence Materials: Metal Areaway Paving Material: Concrete

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

Historic District: Riverside Drive-West End HD Extension I

Alterations: Windows replaced; hood over entrance removed; non-historic light fixture at stoop; door and transom replaced with metal and glass door; first story resurfaced and painted; fire escape added to main facade; non-historic metal security grilles at first story windows; stoop resurfaced, and brick stairs added