315 West 75th Street

315 West 75th Street

Date: 1893-94

NB Number: NB 150-93

Block: 1185

Lot: 12

Type:  Rowhouse

Architect:  Kafka & Mott

Developer/Owner/Builder: Perez M. Stewart

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, Brownstone, light rose-colored roman brick, Metal, Pressed Metal, Roman Brick, and Wood

Stories: 4 with basement

Elements: Four-story rowhouse with basement; original basement and first floor were of rusticated brownstone; upper floors of light rose-colored Roman brick with brownstone quoins; molded window enframenients; original window sash were one-over-one wood sash; fourth floor window enframements include footed sills and shelf lintels composed of a foliate frieze and dentil molding; pressed metal cornice composed of modillion blocks and a dentil molding.

Historic District: West End - Collegiate HD

Alterations: Basement and first floor refaced in Roman brick, stoop and door removed, 1959; second and third story window sills removed and brick patched; five air conditioning units installed’j through the masonry walls; one-over-one metal sash windows installed; wrought-iron areaway railings and first floor window grilles added.

History: Built as one of a row of eight houses (Nos. 315-325; Nos., 327- 329 have been demolished). As designed, Nos. 315-321 were identical buildings. No. 315 was sold’ to Henry D. Hotchkiss on April 16, 1894. He was known as a, leader of the city’s Democratic party and a Supreme Court justice from 1912 until his death in 1922 while still residing on West 77th Street.

References: New York City, Department of Buildings, Manhattan, Plans, Permits and Dockets. New York Times, March 7, 1922, p. 13, “Henry D. Hotchkiss” (Obituary)