309 West 90th Street
309 West 90th Street
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Date:Â 1890-1891
NB Number:Â NB 1855-1890
Type: Â Rowhouse
Architect: Â Thomas J Sheridan
Developer/Owner/Builder:Â Sheridan & Byrne
Row Configuration: ABABA
NYC Landmarks Designation:Â Historic District
Landmark Designation Report:Â Â Â Riverside Drive- West End Historic District
National Register Designation:Â N/A
Primary Style: Â Renaissance Revival
Primary Facade: Â Â Brownstone
Stories:Â 4
Window Type/Material:Â One-over-one double-hung/Wood
Basement Type:Â Unknown
Stoop Type:Â High
Structure:  These five, four story, brownstone-faced rowhouses were built as part of a row of seven (Nos. 309-321). The houses are of varying widths: No. 309, 313 and 317 all measure twenty feet; No. 311 is nineteen feet and ten and three-quarter inches; while 319 is nineteen feet and eleven and a half inches. The houses, all designed with high stoops, step down slightly from east to west but share cornice and sill lines and string courses. The historic windows on this group were one-over-one double-hung wood sash. They remain on some of the houses in this group. Some of the houses also retain decorative wrought-iron grilles on the ground and parlor story windows. Two designs appear within the group, arranged in a rhythm of ABABA (from east to west). The A type houses, Nos. 309, 313 and 317, have rusticated ground stories, three arched openings at the parlor stories, oriels at the third stories (three sided at Nos. 309 and 317, bowed at No. 313) with Nos. 309 and 313 retaining leaded glass transoms, and a pediment above the center window openings at the fourth stories.
Historic District: Riverside Drive- West End HD
Alterations: The stoop was removed in 1947, the ground level faced in red brick, and a basement level entrance created. The three upper stories have been painted cream. The parlor story entrance now contains a window covered with a new wrought iron grille. The window to the far right of this also has a new grille. The fourth story windows are all new white aluminum sash. A new wrought iron fence encloses the areaway. Two recent light fixtures are placed at the door. 1947: Alt 897-1947 [Source: Alteration Application] Stoop removed, new entrance created at basement level. Architect — Schuman & Lichtenstein Owner — Herman C. Gulack
History: These houses were designed by Thomas J. Sheridan as part of a row of seven (Nos. 309-321) and built in 1891 by developers Sheridan & Byrne. Nos. 319 and 321 were demolished in 1929 for the construction of the apartment building now located at No. 319-325. Selected Reference: New York City Department of Taxes Photograph Collection, Municipal Archives and Record Collection, C 734; I 2468-18.