305 Riverside Drive

305 Riverside Drive

NB Number: NB 784-1909

Type:  Apartment Building

Architect/Builder:  Lawlor & Haase

Original Owner: Brookfield Construction Company (Henry W. Hodge, president)

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report: Riverside Drive– West End Historic District Extension II

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Renaissance Revival

Primary Facade:   Brick and Limestone

Stories: 12

Historic District: Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II

Decorative Metal Work: Original iron areaway fence

Significant Architectural Features: Tripartite composition with three-story base, six-story middle section, and three-story upper section; granite-clad basement and watertable; limestone base, rusticated lower two stories separated from smooth third story by molded cornice with dentil course; primary entrance features arched, molded enframement topped with a bracketed balconette with balustrade; first- and second-story arched window openings with voussoirs and scrolled keystones, third-story windows with molded enframement and scrolled keystone; brick-clad upper stories; fourth-story window openings feature full limestone enframements with denticulated lintels, other windows in middle section feature keystoned lintels and bracketed sills; molded limestone beltcourse below 10th story; 10th- and 11th-story windows with full limestone enframements, some with bracketed lintels and some with scrolled keystones; 12th story clad in limestone featuring framed spandrels and molded window enframements with scrolled keystones

Alterations: Windows replaced (historically six-over-one double-hung sash); cornice removed; small rooftop addition visible above Riverside Drive facade

North Facade: Designed (historic)
Door(s): Possibly historic primary door; non-historic door in riverside drive secondary entrance
Windows: Replaced (upper stories); replaced (basement)
Security Grilles: Not historic (upper stories); historic (basement)
Cornice: Removed
Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete
Curb Material(s): Concrete (Riverside Drive); concrete with metal plate (West 103rd Street)
Areaway Wall/Fence Materials: Iron fence with stone curb
Areaway Paving Material: Concrete

West Facade: Designed (historic)
Facade Notes: Similar to West 103rd Street facade; areaway ramp leads to secondary entrance in basement

East Facade: Not designed (historic) (partially visible)
Facade Notes: Brick side wall; regular arrangement of window openings; concrete service way accessed through non-historic metal fence and gate