358 West End Avenue

358 West End Avenue aka 274 West 77th Street

NB Number: NB 1320-91 (Alt. 3944-37)

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 and Romanesque Revivals.

Primary Facade:   Limestone and rock-faced limestone

Stories: 4 1/2

Elements: Four-and-one-half-story rock-faced limestone town house; one-over-one wood sash; West End Avenue facade has chamfered corners, balcony with balustrade supported by decorative brackets on second story, and gable with decorative carving flanked by finials and corner balustrades; 77th Street facade has original low stone stoop at ground floor, round-arched, molded entry with double-leaf metal doors with glazing and ironwork; entry flanked by colonnettes which support an entablature in turn flanked by colonnettes which support an oriel window capped by a balustrade with interlacing pattern; tile roof with intersecting gables with finials; decorative cornice with balustrade; ornamental details including gargoyles, pyramidal dormer with metal finial, and chimney; copper leaders.

Historic District: West End - Collegiate HD

Alterations: Dormer has lost some tiles; ridgecap partially replaced; iron-window guards installed in two first floor windows; entry lamp added.

History: Built as one of a group of seven houses (Nos. 350-356 West End Avenue and
Nos. 270-274 West 77th Street).
Sold to Attalie Wagge on April 5, 1893 and owned by her until 1597. Occupied 1901-20 by Mrs. Bendex Issacs, first president of the B’nai Jeshurun Sisterhood.
Building converted to apartments in 1937.

References: New York City, Department of Buildings, Manhattan, Plans, Permits and Dockets.
New York Times, August 31, 1938, 15:2.

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