312 West 71st Street
312 West 71st Street
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Date:Â 1893-94
NB Number:Â 704-93
Type: Â 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 bee n painted black. The ornamental carved stone details of the houses are similar, but each house is individual and distinct from its neighbors.
No. 312 is distinguished by wide bands of carved foliate ornament beneath the parlor and third stories with small areas of similar ornament located at the corner of each window. Carved stone ball molding surrounds the original parlor story entrance. The two top stories project slightly from the main plane of the house.
National Register Designation:
Primary Style: Â Renaissance Revival
Primary Facade: Â Â Brownstone
Stories: 3 with a basement
Window Type: Originally one-over-one hung wood sash
Historic District: West 71st Street HD
Wish List:Â
Alterations:Â
Before 1939, the stoop was removed and the main entrance was created in the ground story. A rounded entranceway with double doors and an ornate metal fanlight was placed at this level. The original entrance was replaced with double French doors with small panes, fronted by a short grille. Short grilles are located in front of the third story windows. The facade has been painted tan.