310 West 71st Street
310 West 71st Street
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Date:Â 1924
NB Number:Â 1893-94
Type: Â Apartment Building and Townhouse
Architect: Â Burne, John C.
Developer/Owner/Builder:Â John Kehoe
NYC Landmarks Designation:Â Historic District
Landmark Designation Report:Â
West 71st Street Historic District Report
This is one of a group of six, brown-stoned fronted houses which were the first to be constructed in the district. (No. 308, originally part of the row, has been demolished.) All of the houses are three bays wide, with three stories above raised basements. They are unified by their similar materials, with rock-faced ashlar masonry at the basements, pierced by two windows fronted by decorative wrought iron grilles, high stoops shielding basement entrances and leading to parlor floor entrances, and regularly aligned window and cornice heights. Stone stringcourses and sill courses define each story. The windows were all originally one-over-one hung wood sash. The houses of the row step down slightly from east to west. Each house is capped by a heavy, metal cornice with ornate decorative details which differ from house to house. They have all been painted black. The ornamental carved stone details of the houses are similar, but each house is individual and distinct from its neighbors.
No. 310Â is distinguished by ornate carved stone foliate panels which are located between each floor and at the windows, while other moldings give the effect of pilasters with capitals between the windows. Carved rope moldings and a stone enframement surround the parlor floor entrance.
National Register Designation:
Primary Style: Â Renaissance Revival
Primary Facade: Â Â Brownstone
Stories:Â 3 with a basement
Window Type: Originally one-over-one hung wood sash
Historic District: West 71st Street HD
Wish List:Â
Alterations:Â Replacement doors open onto the ground and parlor stories. The original stone stoop was removed (prior to 1939) and replaced with an iron stairway parallel to the sidewalk. The building’s facade has been painted white.