309 West 104th Street (aka 305-313 West 104th Street)

309 West 104th Street (aka 305-313 West 104th Street)

Date: 1925

NB Number: NB 629-1925

Type:  Apartment Building

Architect:  Sugarman & Berger

Developer/Owner/Builder: Jaru Corporation, Jacob Ruth, President

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

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

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Colonial Revival

Primary Facade:   Brick and Limestone

Stories: 9

Structure:  Significant Architectural Features: Tripartite composition with one story base, seven story middle section, and one story capital; base clad in limestone with granite water table, window openings with keystones; broken pediment above primary entrance; upper stories clad in multi-hued brick, with stone quoins running vertically along corners and between outer window bays; second story windows with iron balconettes, as well as arched brick tympanum and keystones; corner window bays feature terra cotta lintels, inner windows with soldier brick lintels, all with stone sills; spandrels between third and fourth stories; sixth story features iron balconettes and central window with pedimented terra cotta enframement and swag draped cartouche; terra cotta beltcourse below upper story, with projecting balconettes below corner windows; spandrels above ninth story; terra cotta cornice with ornamented frieze; Decorative Metal Work: Iron balconettes at second and sixth stories

South Facade: Designed (historic) Door(s): Possibly historic primary door; possibly historic secondary entrance door Windows: Replaced; Security Grilles: Historic (upper stories) Cornice: Original Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete Curb Material(s): Granite

West Facade: Not designed (historic) (partially visible) Facade Notes: Brick side wall; two bays of window openings in front section; recessed light court; water tower on steel frame visible from street

Historic District: Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II