306 West 91st Street

306 West 91st Street

Date: 1893

NB Number: NB 513-1893

Type:  Rowhouse

Architect:  Ferdon, Martin V.B.

Developer/Owner/Builder: Walker & Lawson

Row Configuration: ABCBD

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report: Riverside Drive- West End Historic District

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Renaissance Revival

Primary Facade:   Brownstone

Stories: 4

Window Type/Material: One-over-one double-hung/Wood

Basement Type: Unknown

Stoop Type: Unknown

Roof Type/Material: Unknown

Structure:  These five brownstone fronted, four story houses were designed as a row. Each is seventeen feet wide except for No. 312 which is eighteen feet wide. They are unified by a common roof line, string course and sill lines, stoops, and multi story oriels at four of the five houses. Four designs alternate within this group of houses, arranged in a rhythm of ABCBD (from east to west). The historic windows are one-over-one double-hung wood sash which remain in most windows on all of the buildings. Original wrought iron grilles, in a twisted design, cover the ground story windows, basement entrance doors, and the cellar windows facing the areaways. Entrance doors above the stoops are the original oak and glass double doors with transoms and original hardware. The original basement level entrances are present under these stoops.

The B type houses, Nos. 306 and 310, are distinguished by carved swan’s neck pediments above the entrance doors and two story bowed oriels extending from the third to fourth stories and carried on corbels. The windows below the oriels are square-headed. The metal cornice has a festoon design.

Historic District: Riverside Drive- West End HD

Alterations: Replacement aluminum windows are at the second story and in the oriel at the third story. All windows are covered with storm windows. A recent light fixture is placed at the door.