306 West 94th Street: The Alexander
306 West 94th Street: The Alexander
Date: 1900-01
NB Number: 1269-00
Type: Flats Building and Tenement
Architect: Pelham, George F.
Developer/Owner/Builder: Rachel Axelrod
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 Stone
Stories: 7
Window Type/Material: Replaced (upper stories & basement); stained-glass windows at entrance
Structure: Significant Architectural Features: Stone base; rough-faced rustication at basement; quoins; balustraded balconies; portico with fluted and carved Ionic columns supporting an entablature with carved frieze and balustraded balcony; entrance surround with pilasters, carved panels, and stained-glass sidelights with carved corbels; door surround with tresse molding; segmental-arched windows at first story with keystones and pendants; band course at third story with balustrades; double windows at third story with eared surrounds with cartouches and wreathes; flared lintels with scrolled keystones, double windows with wreathes; at fourth through sixth stories; molded band course at seventh story; seventh story rusticated; double segmental-arched windows with eared surrounds decorated with cartouches and carved mullions and round-arched windows with eared surrounds at seventh story; modillioned cornice with fluted frieze
Building Notes: Designed and built as flats, 306 West 94th and 308 West 94th Street (q.v.) were converted into single room occupancy residences in the early 1940s (ALT 2230-1939, completed 1946). No. 306 was recently renovated into an extended stay hotel called the
Hotel Alexander catering to tourists, students and business travelers.
Site Features: Possibly historic fence, partially altered, and gate; siamese connection through
fence; signage on fence; diamond plate staircase with pipe railing; fence and gate with
metal panels and barbed wire across service alley; fence continues along east property
line
Historic District: Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II
Alterations: Balcony of portico altered; fire escape (added by the 1980s); pipe railings on portico; railing on roof; lights; camera; conduits; remote utility meter; alarm; signage; bird deterrent wires