315 West 80th Street

315 West 80th Street

Date: 1894

NB Number: NB 300-94

Type:  Rowhouse

Architect: Israels, Charles H.

Developer/Owner/Builder: Bernard S Levy & Son

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:  Neo-Gothic and Neo-Renaissance

Primary Facade:   Brick with terra-cotta and stone trim.

Stories: Three-and-one-half

Window Type/Material: One-over-one sash windows through-out; pointed-arch transomswith leaded glass infill and brick surrounds above rectangular window and doorway, both with stone transom bars (with brackets on the window transom bar) on first floor;  triple window group with leaded glass transoms and molded terra-cotta surround with entablature with cartouche; sill course panel of brick set on angle on second floor;  windows with splayed lintels with keystones; sill course; egg-and-dart molding stringcourse on third floor;  windows with brick voussoirs, sill course on fourth floor.

Stoop Type: Stoop with one stone wing wall and one iron railing.

Entrance: Wood panelled door; buttress to left of doorway; small cartouches at party wall; wrought-iron areaway fence and stoop gate.

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

Alterations: Fourth floor cornice removed, wall resurfaced with cement; windows on fourth floor lengthened; iron railings added to windows of upper three floors; second floor leaded glass transoms replaced with multi-panes; original wrought-iron areaway gates removed.