302 West 76th Street

302 West 76th Street

Date: 1888-89

NB Number: NB 508-1888

Type: Rowhouse

Architect: Lamb & Rich

Developer/Owner/Builder: Percival Knauth

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report: West End – Collegiate Historic District

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style: Renaissance

Primary Facade: Brick and Stone

Stories: 5

Window Type/Material: One-over-one wood windows; round-arched entry and first floor window; arched windows at second floor with bottle glass in arched transom

Structure: Brick and stone

Elements: Five-story brick row house; stone base; one-over-one wood windows; round-arched entry and first floor window; double lead, carved wood and glass entry doors; arched windows at second floor with bottle glass in arched transom; attached columns between windows and recessed arched lintels with anthemion keystones; projecting brick quoins at second through fourth floors; recessed cartouche at fourth floor; frieze of raised scallop shells below dentilled cornice; wrought-iron grille at entry and wrought-iron balconies at fifth floor.

Historic District: West End - Collegiate HD

Alterations: Sixth floor brick addition; cornice above sixth floor covered with sheet metal; cornice above fifth floor partially removed; facade painted; third and fifth floor windows altered; storm windows installed in first, second. and sixth floors; entry ransom altered; wrought-iron grille installed at first floor window; entry lamp added.