317 West 82nd Street
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317 West 82nd Street
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Date:Â 1892
NB Number:Â NB 39-1892
Type: Â Rowhouse
Architect: Â Mortimer P Thain
Developer/Owner/Builder:Â Henry Parsons
NYC Landmarks Designation:Â Historic District
Landmark Designation Report: Riverside Drive – West End Historic District Extension I
National Register Designation:Â N/A
Primary Style: Â Romanesque Revival
Primary Facade: Â Â Brownstone and Ironspot Roman Brick
Stories:Â 4 and basement
Window Type/Material:Â See structure
Structure:Â Â Significant Architectural Features:Â Angular oriel at second story; Two story brownstone base, rock faced at basement; windows at first story with beaded chamfer moldings and wood framed transoms; brick oriel with carved base; three windows at third and fourth stories with brownstone sills, lintels and sill course; possibly copper cornice
Site Features: Concrete steps; non-historic railings and fence; diamond plate hatch; perforated vent in areaway wall; fuel pipe
South Facade: Designed (historic, painted, patched) Stoop: Removed Door(s): Replaced primary door Windows: Mixed (upper stories); possibly historic (basement) Security Grilles: Possibly historic (basement) Cornice: Historic Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete Curb Material(s): Stone Areaway Wall/Fence Materials: Non-historic metal fence on a concrete curb Areaway Paving Material: Concrete
East Facade: Not designed (historic) (partially visible) Facade Notes: Ironspot Roman brick
Historic District: Riverside Drive-West End HD Extension I
Alterations: Stoop removed and entrance relocated in 1944; entrance reconfigured as a window; new entrance at basement; basement patched and painted around entrance; balustrade removed from oriel; lights; intercom; remote utility meter
History: Originally a single family dwelling, by 1930 it had been converted into a lodging house and by 1944 into apartments. One of five row houses by Mortimer P. Thain, 317 was included in a proposed West 82nd Street Historic District, along with 310-316, 307-315, and 319-325 West 82nd Street, that was heard in 1986. In 1992 the Commission moved to take no action on the proposal. References: LPC, Research files; NYC, Department of Buildings, Certificate of Occupancy, 31132, August 9, 1945; U. S. Census records, 1930.