316 West 97th Street

316 West 97th Street

Date: 1906

NB Number: NB 96-1906

Type:  Apartment Building

Architect:  Kight, Alonzo B.

Developer/Owner/Builder: Alonzo Barnard Kight

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report: Riverside Drive– West End Historic District Extension II

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Renaissance Revival

Primary Facade:   Brick and Stone

Stories: 6

Window Type/Material: See Structure

Structure:  Significant Architectural Features: Flemish bond brickwork with burnt headers; stone banding and quoins; stone sill course incorporating door hood supported by oversize brackets; rusticated entrance surround; molded sill course at sixth story; windows with flared lintels and scrolled keystones at first, third, fourth and fifth stories; windows with keyed surrounds at second and sixth stories; modillioned cornice with fluted frieze, and large brackets; fire escape

Building Notes: Built as an apartment house, 316 West 97th Street was converted into a single room occupancy residence in 1939 (ALT 3099-1939). An early architect’s rendering shows the projecting ledges at the second story and the door hood may have originally been balustraded balconies.

Site Features: Possibly historic fence and gate; concrete and brick steps; pipes

North Facade: Designed (historic, repointed) Stoop: Painted Door(s): Replaced primary door; basement door replaced Windows: Replaced (upper stories); mixed (basement) Security Grilles: Not historic (basement) Cornice: Original Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete Curb Material(s): Stone Areaway Wall/Fence Materials: Metal Areaway Paving Material: Concrete

South Facade: Not designed (historic) (partially visible)

Facade Notes: Brick, patched; clay-tile coping; stone sills; single and double segmental-arched windows; sash replaced; pipe on roof

Historic District: Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II

Alterations: Basement windows blacked out or infilled; cornice has some repairs; lights with conduits; junction boxes; wires; signage; camera; remote utility meter; non-historic security gate at basement; cables; conduits