303 West 89th Street
303 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
Row Configuration:Â placeholder
NYC Landmarks Designation:Â Historic District
Landmark Designation Report:Â 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:Â 3
Window Type/Materials: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.
This house is distinguished by a rounded projecting bay extending to the present day third story, and two small peaked gables at the roofline.
Historic District: Riverside Drive- West End HD
Alterations:Â Â No. 303 was joined with No. 301 in 1968, at which time it lost its stoop and was refaced and altered in a manner similar to No. 301. There are through-the-wall air conditioner sleeves below the second- and third-story windows in the western bay. The areaway wall is a recent replacement. 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.