317 West 100th Street

317 West 100th Street

Date: 1900-1901

NB Number: NB 267-1900

Type:  Rowhouse

Architect:  Janes & Leo

Developer/Owner/Builder: James Livingston

Row Configuration: AABBAA

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, Limestone, and Terra Cotta

Stories: 5

Window Type/Material: See Structure

Stoop Type: Unknown

Structure:  Significant Architectural Features: Rusticated stone base; upper stories brick with stone quoins; columned (former) entrance surround; two story bowed bay; scrolled and beaded keystones at first story; round arched windows with blind tympana and keystones at second story; flared lintels with scrolled keystones at third and fourth stories; spandrel panels with swags; Decorative Metal Work: Historic balcony railings; modillioned cornice

Building Notes: One in a row of six (nos. 315-325) row houses in an AABBAA pattern. It was converted into a multiple dwelling c. 1935. (“Buyers of Housing Plan Alterations,” New York Times, September 30, 1935, 34.) There are a penthouse and mechanical room on the roof which are not visible from the street (CO 90148-1987; CO 90148A-1987

South Facade: Designed (historic, painted, altered) Stoop: Removed Door(s): Replaced primary door Windows: Mixed Security Grilles: Not historic (upper stories) Cornice: Historic Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete Curb Material(s): Stone

West Facade: Not designed (historic) (partially visible) Facade Notes: Parapet at party wall

Historic District: Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II

Alterations: Stoops removed; original main and service entrances reconfigured as windows prior to the 1980s; window reconfigured as entrance; lights with conduit; wires; intercom; postal release box; remote utility meter; wires