312 West 83rd Street
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312 West 83rd Street
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Date:Â 1893
NB Number:Â NB 154-1893
Type: Â Rowhouse
Architect: Â Pelham, George F.
Developer/Owner/Builder: John H. Edelmeyer and William C. Morgan
NYC Landmarks Designation:Â Historic District
Landmark Designation Report:  Riverside Drive – West End Historic District Extension I
National Register Designation:Â N/A
Primary Style: Â Renaissance Revival and Romanesque Revival
Primary Facade: Â Â Brownstone
Stories:Â 3 and basement
Structure:Â Â Significant Architectural Features: Some rock faced ashlar at basement; stoop with twisted newel posts, carved caps, and perforated balustrade; segmental-arched entrance with twisted colonettes and carved foliate frieze; transom with historic house numbering; windows with pilasters and colonnettes at first and second stories; windows with decorative head and foliate ears; cornice with foliate frieze
Site Features: Historic areaway wall; concrete-paved areaway; non-historic railings
North Facade: Designed (historic) Stoop: Resurfaced stoop (possibly historic gate under stoop) Door(s): Possibly historic primary door; possibly historic (c. 1939) interior doors Windows: Replaced (upper stories); replaced (basement) Security Grilles: Possibly historic (basement)Â Cornice: Historic Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete Curb Material(s): Concrete with metal nosing Areaway Wall/Fence Materials: Resurfaced and painted; non-historic railing Areaway Paving Material: Concrete; steps painted
Historic District: Riverside Drive-West End HD Extension I
Alterations: Stoop resurfaced and painted; possibly historic under stoop gate altered; lights and conduit; mailbox and doorbell under stoop; bird netting across cornice frieze; remote utility meter
History: Originally a single family home, 312 has been the home of the “Maison Sapho School of Dressmaking and Design” since 1948.  References: “Maison Sapho School of Dressmaking & Design” (http://maisonsaphoschool.com/about.html, accessed February 2, 2012); NYC, Department of Buildings, Certificate of Occupancy 34499, September 17, 1948.