312 West 92nd Street

Date: 1901-1902

NB Number: NB 1336-1901

Type: Rowhouse

Architect: Janes & Leo

Developer/Owner/Builder: Egan & Hallecy

Row Configuration: ABABC

NYC Landmarks Designation: Historic District

Landmark Designation Report: Riverside Drive- West End Historic District

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style: Beaux-Arts

Primary Facade: Limestone and Roman Brick

Stories: 5

Window Type/Material: Double-hung/Wood

Basement Type: American

Stoop Type: Low

Structure: These five, five story houses were designed as a row with a configuration of ABABC (from east to west). The houses are twenty feet wide and have American basements, common cornice, roof and sill lines, and Roman brick and limestone facades. The historic window types appear to be casement sash at the second and third stories and double-hung wood sash at the other stories (except for No. 314 which has casements at the fourth story). The main entrances have outer doors of wrought iron and glass, while the service entrances are enclosed by decorative wrought iron doors. Many of the houses retain decorative wrought iron grilles on the ground story windows. The A type houses, Nos. 306 and 310, have limestone faced ground stories with a central entrance above a low stoop, flanked by windows and a service entrance. At the second and third stories a three sided limestone faced oriel is distinguished by an arched broken pediment at the second story and surmounted by a wrought iron balustrade. The fifth story is marked by alternating courses of limestone and Roman brick. The modillioned cornice has cartouches at each end.

The B type houses, Nos. 308 and 312, have rusticated limestone ground stories with a columned central entrance, above a low stoop, flanked by windows and a service entrance. The upper stories are faced with Roman brick and limestone. Window bows at the second and third stories have delicate wrought-iron balustrades. Cornices set off the fifth story.

Historic District: Riverside Drive- West End HD

Alterations: The outer entrance door has been replaced by one of wood and glass. A recent light fixture is placed at the entrance door.

History: These houses, built in 1901-02, were designed as a row of five by Janes & Leo, a firm known for its Beaux-Arts houses. New York City Department of Taxes Photograph Collection, Municipal Archives and Record Collection, C 734; E 1295.