316 West 71st Street

316 West 71st Street

Date: 1893-4

NB Number: 704-93

Type:  Townhouse

Architect:  Burne, John C.

Developer/Owner/Builder: John Kehoe

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report: 

West 71st Street Historic District Report

This is one of a group of six, brown-stoned fronted houses which were the first to be constructed in the district. (No. 308, originally part of the row, has been demolished.) All of the houses are three bays wide, with three stories above raised basements. They are unified by their similar materials, with rock-faced ashlar masonry at the basements, pierced by two windows fronted by decorative wrought iron grilles, high stoops shielding basement entrances and leading to parlor floor entrances, and regularly aligned window and cornice heights. Stone stringcourses and sill courses define each story. The windows were all originally one-over-one hung wood sash. The houses of the row step down slightly from east to west. Each house is capped by a heavy, metal cornice with ornate decorative details which differ from house to house. They have all bee n painted black. The ornamental carved stone details of the houses are similar, but each house is individual and distinct from its neighbors.

National Register Designation:

Primary Style:  Renaissance Revival

Primary Facade:   Brownstone

Stories: 3 stories with basement

Window Type: Originally one-over-one hung wood sash

Historic District: West 71st Street HD

Wish List: 

Alterations: The entrance door has been replaced and a light added next to it. The entire building has metal storm sash with one-over-one, double-hung wood windows behind that. A light was also added near the basement entrance. The facade has been painted yellow.