272 West 77th Street

272 West 77th Street

NB Number: NB 1320-91 (Alt. 426-34; 743-61)

Type:  Townhouse

Architect:  True, Clarence

Developer/Owner/Builder: Francis M. Jenks

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report: West End – Collegiate Historic District

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Eclectic with references to Elizabethan Renaissance

Primary Facade:   Limestone and rock-faced limestone

Stories: 4 with basement and attic

Elements: Wide four-story limestone town house with basement and attic story; rock-faced base, smooth upper stories; mansard roof with dormers; one-over-one wood windows (curved sash on round bay); low limestone stoop; molded round-arched entry flanked by three round-arched windows with iron grilles; decorative parapet above first floor, partially supported by decorative brackets; asymmetrical facade with three-story curved bay at left; curved shelf sills on corbels at third floor windows; irregular roof treatment with balustrade and hipped dormer above curved bay and rock-faced cornice and dormer with shell motif at right; copper ridgecap and finial at roof; stepped party wall and chimneys.

Historic District: West End - Collegiate HD

Alterations: Doors replaced with single leaf aluminum frame and glass plate door with sidelights; tiles on roof replaced by asphalt shingles; three windows altered for air conditioners; the one-over-one light configuration of some of the original’curved sash has been replaced by either a three-over-three or a three-over-one configuration; entry lamps added. Converted to Class A apartments in 1961.

History: Built as one of a group of seven houses (Nos. 350-356 West End Avenue and 270-274 West 77th Street).
Sold to Granville M. White on December 15, 1892,and owned by him until 1906.

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