318 West 108th Street

318 West 108th Street

NB Number: NB 807-1898

Type:  Rowhouse

Architect:  Janes & Leo

Developer/Owner/Builder: Joseph A. Farley

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 Limestone

Stories: 5

Historic District: Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II

Decorative Metal Work: Iron balconettes and window guards

Significant Architectural Features: Limestone base separated from red-brick upper stories with a Greek-key beltcourse; former entrance in central bay features columned portico with triangular pediment; second-story windows with limestone enframements and iron
guards; third-story rounded oriel with limestone columns, iron railing, and denticulated cornice; fourth story has a beltcourse sill and modillioned cornice above window openings, fifth-story has radiating brick lintels with limestone keystones; upper windows with iron guards; simple molded cornice with denticulated brickwork

Alterations: Ground floor reconfigured, entrance moved from central to right bay, secondary entrance in left bay converted to window; several through-wall air conditioners

Building Notes: Historic lot 157, now condo lots 1001-1003; built as part of a row of four houses at 316 to 322 West 108th Street; historic image of row appears in the Real Estate Record and Guide 64:335 (September 2, 1899)

North Facade: Designed (historic, ground floor painted)

Stoop: Resurfaced

Door(s): Replaced primary door

Windows: Replaced

Security Grilles: Not historic (upper stories)

Cornice: Original

Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete

Curb Material(s): Granite

Areaway Wall/Fence Materials: Non-historic iron fence

Areaway Paving Material: Concrete