301 West 89th Street
301 West 89th Street
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Date:Â 1890
NB Number:Â NB 678-1890
Type: Â Rowhouse
Architect: Â True, Clarence
Developer/Owner/Builder:Â William E Lanchantin
NYC Landmarks Designation:Â Historic District
Landmark Designation Report:Â Â Riverside Drive- West End Historic District
National Register Designation:Â N/A
Primary Style: Â Romanesque Revival
Primary Facade: Â Â Brownstone
Stories: 3
Window Type/Material:Â One-over-one double-hung/Wood
Basement Type:Â Raised
Stoop Type:Â Unknown
Roof Type/Material:Â Hexagonal/Slate & Tile
Structure: The five brownstone-fronted rowhouses at Nos. 301 to 309, and a sixth at No. 319, each twenty feet wide, are three stories above raised basements and have two-bay facades. They are unified by a carrunon roof line and stringcourse lines, two- or three-story projecting bays on the eastern half of the facades, stepped parapets between the buildings, the use of both smooth and rock faced ashlar on the facades, regularly aligned window and ‘cornice heights, and decorative sunflower motif grilles at the basement stories. Many of the houses have been altered but it is apparent that all originally had hexagonal slate tile roofs, similar facade materials, and stoops leading to parlor-story entrances. The windows all originally had one-over-one double-hung wood sash. The houses have a variety of gables and turrets at the roof, and the ornamental carved stone details of the houses are similar, but each house is individual and distinct from its neighbors.
No. 301 (Tax Map Block/Lot: 1250/89 in part) This house is distinguished by a full-height three-sided projecting bay with angled conical roof, and a small attached turret with a bell-shaped roof. The house retains rock faced brownstone ashlar at the basement level (which may have been modified in an early alteration) and grilles at the basement windows, a complex roof profile, and dentiled cornice. Eastern Elevation: Visible from the alley between this row and the apartment building to the east, this elevation is unpainted brick with raised brick patterned bands. The parapet has a tile coping.
Historic District: Riverside Drive- West End HD
Alterations: The stoop was removed in 1910, and the basement story skillfully altered. Joined to No. 303 in 1968, this building now contains the main entrance for both buildings. When the buildings were joined, both were refaced above the basement story with smooth stucco and a stuccoed brick like pattern at the spandrels. The windows are aluminum replacements. The roof is covered with asphalt shingles. There are through-the-wall air conditioner sleeves below each eastern window. A leader pipe runs down the eastern side of the front elevation. The areaway’s wrought-iron fencing is not original. 1910: Alt 1750-1910 [Source: Alteration Application] Stoop removed, entrance arranged through basement.
Architect – Hill & Stout Owner – Dr. John J. Moorhead 1968: Alt 1110-1968 [Source: Alteration Application] Exterior walls resurfaced at No. 301 and No. 303; buildings combined. Architect — George Feher Owner – GVF Realty
History:Â This row, originally of ten houses which extended from No. 301 to No. 319, was designed by the renowned Upper West Side architect Clarence True, for William E. Lanchantin, a developer active in the construction of such rows in this district. The houses were built in the course of seven months in 1890. The row was broken in 1914 when Nos. 311, 313, 315, and 317 were demolished for the erection of an eight-story apartment building.