303 West 78th Street

303 West 78th Street

NB Number: NB 369-1885

Type:  Rowhouse

Architect:  White, Frederick B. (alteration unknown)

Developer/Owner/Builder: Henry H. Hewett

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report: West End – Collegiate Historic District

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Flemish Renaissance Revival and Neo-Tudor (original: Flemish Renaissance Revival; present: neo-Tudor)

Primary Facade:   Brick, Red Brick, and Stucco

Stories: 3 with basement

Elements: Three-story rowhouse with basement; stucco facing with red brick trim; high stoop with stepped wall, Tudor arch basement entrance; main entrance with Tudor arch surround and vertical bottom door with leaded window; diamond-leaded-sash with transoms; window openings with brick quoins and lintels; Gothic patterned parapet wall.

Historic District: West End - Collegiate HD

Alterations: The present facade is an alteration of the 1920s.

History: Built as one of a row of eight houses (Nos. 381-389 West End Avenue and Nos. 303-307 West 78th Street). These buildings
were designed in a picturesque Flemish Renaissance mode to be viewed as a single composition. The original design for No. 303 continued the features from Nos. 305 and 307, including pressed red brick walls, a steep gable roof with tiles, and first floor arcaded windows with brick voussoir lintels. No. 303 was sold to Louise Todd on Feb. 2 1887.

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