318 West 106th Street

318 West 106th Street

 

Date: 1899-1901

NB Number: NB 1799-1899

Type:  Rowhouse

Architect:  Andersen, Henry

Developer/Owner/Builder: Peter Wagner

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:   Limestone

Stories: 5

Structure:  Significant Architectural Features: Short stair with stone knee walls leads to central entrance flanked by Corinthian columns; frieze with vegetal ornament above ground floor; full width, two story rounded oriel at second and third stories; rusticated second story piers; beltcourses and intricate spandrels separate second and third stories; third story piers with festoon ornamented panels; upper stories with molded window enframements, fifth story with round arched windows; modillioned cornice

Building Notes: Built as part of a row of five dwellings at 312 to 320 West 106th Street (of which nos. 318 and 320 are still extant)

North Facade: Designed (historic, painted) Stoop: Painted Door(s): Replaced primary door; non-historic secondary entrance door Windows: Replaced Security Grilles: Possibly historic (upper stories) Cornice: Original Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete Curb Material(s): Bluestone Areaway Paving Material: Concrete; metal garbage enclosure

Historic District: Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II

Alterations: Areaway knee wall, which ran continuously with neighbor at no. 320, removed

 

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