317 West 108th Street

317 West 108th Street

NB Number: NB 136-1899

Borough of Manhattan Tax Map Information: Block 1893, Lot 12

Type:  Rowhouse

Architect:  Graham, Thomas

Developer/Owner/Builder: William Van Wyck Graham

Row Configuration: placeholder

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

Special Windows: Fifth-story round-headed sash

Significant Architectural Features: Smooth ashlar limestone base and grey brick upper stories; short stair leads to entrance in left bay featuring molded enframement; two-story, full width angled oriel above ground floor with vegetal-ornamented underside; second and third stories feature keystoned window openings with radiating terra-cotta lintels; beltcourses between stories, stone railing above oriel; fourth-story windows with unified enframement featuring molded lintel with cartouche; round-arched, arcaded fifth-story window openings; historic wood one-over-one double-hung windows; modillioned cornice

Alterations: Frames for storm windows installed

Building Notes: Built as part of a row of seven dwellings at 317 to 329 West 108th Street; illustration of the row appears in the Real Estate Record and Guide 64:676 (November 4, 1899)

South Facade: Designed (historic, painted)

Stoop: Historic stoop (historic gate under stoop)

Door(s): Replaced primary door

Windows: Historic (upper stories); historic (basement)

Security Grilles: Historic (upper stories); historic (basement)

Cornice: Original

Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete

Curb Material(s): Granite

Areaway Wall/Fence Materials: Historic iron fence with stone curb

Areaway Paving Material: Concrete with concrete stairs to basement

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

Facade Notes: Brick side wall

Historic District: Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II