306 West 106th Street

306 West 106th Street

 

Date: 1899-1901

NB Number: NB 2020-1899

Type:  Rowhouse

Architect:  Andersen, Henry

Developer/Owner/Builder: Peter Wagner

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:   Limestone

Stories: 5

Structure:Significant Architectural Features: Short stair leads to center entrance, secondary entrance in right bay with transom separated by stone transom bar; full width, two story rounded oriel at second and third stories; rusticated second story piers; beltcourses between stories; fourth story windows with keystone lintels, fifth story molded window enframements; modillioned cornice with frieze

Building Notes: Built as part of a row of five houses at 302 to 310 West 106th Street, of which nos. 302 to 308 survive

North Facade: Designed (historic, painted) Stoop: Replaced Door(s): Replaced primary door; non-historic secondary entrance door and basement door Windows: Replaced Security Grilles: Historic (upper stories) Cornice: Original Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete Curb Material(s): Bluestone Areaway Wall/Fence Materials: Non-historic parged masonry knee walls Areaway Paving Material: Concrete with concrete stairs to basement

Historic District: Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II

Alterations: Entrance stairs, stone railing, and areaway knee wall removed and replaced; louvre installed in transom above secondary entrance.

 

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