311 West 76th Street

311 West 76th Street

NB Number: NB 1191-91

Block: 1185

Lot: 62

Type:  Rowhouse

Architect:  Hensel, Max

Developer/Owner/Builder: Reuben Skinner and Leonard & William Jacob

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report: West End – Collegiate Historic District

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Renaissance Revival

Primary Facade:   Brick, Brownstone, Buff brick, Iron, Metal, Terra Cotta, Wood, and Wrought Iron

Stories: 4 with basement

Elements: Four-story rowhouse with basement; basement and first floor of brownstone; upper stories of buff-colored brick with brownstone trim; full height angled bay on right projects to meet the facade of No. 309; original windows had one-over-one double-hung wood sash; shared stoop with solid stone rail; foliate carved newel post; molded window enframements at first floor entry and windows; single glass panelled door with square-headed transom, embellished by wrought-iron grilles, window enframement of keyed brownstone voussoirs at second floor; recessed panels of egg-and-dart and dentil moldings form fourth floor window heads; cornice with dentils and modillions; brick parapet; iron grilles at basement windows.

Historic District: West End - Collegiate HD

Alterations: Aluminum, one-over-one windows and storm windows. installed; new areaway fence and paving installed; entry lamps added, (all work done in 1983) .

History: Built as one of a row of four houses (Nos. 311-317) and completed at a cost of $18,000.00. Frederick J. Lisman, a banker, rail bond expert and chairman of the board of directors of the Lisman Corporation, bought the house on March 13, 1893 and lived here until his death in 1914.

References: New York City, Department of Buildings, Manhattan, Plans, Permits and Docket. Who’s Who,  February 5, 1940, 19:5, “Frederick J. Lisman”