313 West 74th Street

313 West 74th Street

Date: 1893-94

NB Number: NB 462-93

Type:  Townhouse

Architect:  Gilbert, C.P.H.

Developer/Owner/Builder: Jarvis P. Edson

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, Limestone, Roman Brick, Wood, and Yellow roman brick

Stories: 4 1/2

Elements: Four-and-bne-half story town house; rusticated limestone base; yellow Roman brick upper stories; tiled mansard roof; threestory angled bay; single pane wood sash windows set in molded enframemen’ts; low limestone stoop; round arched entry and window openings at base; double leaf wood and plate glass entry doors; voussoirs, elliptical oculus, and,a balcony with balustrade all at the base ; attenuated two-story high brick pilasters at corners of bay; segmental-arched pediment at second floor; entablature above third floor; cartouches at fourth floor; balcony above fourth floor’; three segmental arched dormers at the roof.

Historic District: West End - Collegiate HD

Alterations: Two windows modified for air conditioning units. Single pane wood sash at second, third and fourth floors not original to the building;, storm windows installed, at attic.

History: Jarvis B. Edsbh was an inventor and mechanical engineer. He invented the Edson pressure recording gauge methods of driving gun motion by compressed air, artificial ivory, and about twenty devices connected with these patents. He died in this house in 1911.

References: New York City, Department of Buildings, Manhattan: Plans, Permits and Dockets. New York Times, January 27, 1911, !p. 11, “Jarvis P. Edson” (Obituary).