312 West 81st Street

312 West 81st Street 

Date: 1892

NB Number: NB 158-92

Type:  Rowhouse

Architect:  Israels, Charels H.

Developer/Owner/Builder: Bernard S. Levy

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report: Riverside Drive- West 80^th-81^st Street Historic District

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Renaissance Revival and Romanesque Revival

Primary Facade:   Brownstone

Stories: Three with basement

Window Type/Material: One-over-one wood sash.  Windows with wrought-iron grilles on first floor. Window with molded surround with entablature; sill course on second floor. Round-arched, windows with drip moldings; sill course on third floor.

Stoop Type: Rusticated; Straight stoop with stone walls, rusticated base and posts with Romanesque style carving; wrought-iron gate under stoop.

Roof Type/Material: Tile parapet

Historic District: Riverside Drive - West 80th - 81st Street HD

Alterations: Brownstone facade painted; iron areaway railing added; gargoyle, mask and sign installed on base; double-leaf wood doors replaced by glass and wrought-iron door with sidelights and transom; first floor one-over-one wood sash windows replaced by multi-pane curved casement windows below transom and iron grilles installed.