310 West 106th Street (aka 310-316 West 106th Street)

310 West 106th Street (aka 310-316 West 106th Street)

Date: 1926

NB Number: NB 606-1926

Type:  Apartment Building

Architect:  Pelham, George F.

Developer/Owner/Builder: Harnod Construction Corporation (Max Psaty, President)

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, Limestone, and Terra Cotta

Stories: 15 and penthouse

Structure:  Significant Architectural Features: Tripartite composition with two story base, eleven story middle section, and two story capital; base features granite water table, stone quoins at building corners, terra cotta enframements around ground floor windows; double height limestone entrance enframement with broken pediment set on brackets, cartouche, and ornamented frieze; iron and glass double leaf doors with transom; terra cotta cornice, with Greek fret details, below third story; upper stories feature brick quoins at building corners and window openings with stone sills; stone balconette below thirteenth story; beltcourse separates middle section from two story capital; molded terra cotta cornice

North Facade: Designed (historic, limestone at base painted) Door(s): Historic primary door; non-historic metal gate in secondary entrance Windows: Replaced Security Grilles: Possibly historic (upper stories) Cornice: Original Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete Curb Material(s): Bluestone

East Facade: Not designed (historic) (partially visible) Facade Notes: Yellow brick side wall; one bay of window openings; light court with several regular bays of windows; water tower on steel frame visible from street

West Facade: Not designed (historic) (partially visible) Facade Notes: Brick side wall; one bay of window openings in front section; light court

Historic District: Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II