318 West 88th Street
318 West 88th Street
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Date:Â 1890-91
NB Number:Â NB 227-1890
Type: Â Rowhouse
Architect: Â True, Clarence
Developer/Owner/Builder:Â William E Lanchantin
Row Configuration:Â Individual
NYC Landmarks Designation:Â Historic District
Landmark Designation Report:Â Riverside Drive- West End Historic District
National Register Designation:Â N/A
Primary Style: Â Elizabethan Renaissance Revival
Primary Facade: Â Â Brownstone
Stories:Â 4 and basement
Window Type/Material:Â One-over-one double-hung/Wood
Basement Type:Â Raised
Stoop Type:Â Unknown
Roof Type/Material:Â Peaked/Slate
Structure:These five brick and brownstone-fronted houses are each twenty feet wide and four stories tall above quarry-faced basements. There are no repeated house types in this row and each building was designed to be perceived as unique, but the row presents a unified appearance through the use of: alternating full-height projecting bays and oriels in the western bay; continuous brownstone lintels, sills, and a carved frieze at the attic story; a common roofline; peaked dormers with metal trim and tall gabled fronts filled with brownstone and brick patterning; stepped parapets between the houses; and decorative sunflower motif grilles at the basement story windows. It is apparent that all of the houses originally had hexagonal slate tile roofs and stone stoops leading to parlor-story entrances. The original windows probably had one-over-one double-hung wood-framed sash.
Historic District: Riverside Drive- West End HD
Alterations: This house is three bays wide and has a projecting bowed three-window sheet metal oriel on brackets across the two western bays at the second story. The dormer has paired windows and metal trim. There is carved detail above the original parlor story entrance. When the stoop was removed in 1947, the parlor story entrance was replaced by a window and a basement story entranceway was created; light fixtures are placed above the door. The basement and parlor stories have been painted white, and the metal oriel and dormer trim are painted green. The windows have one-over-one double-hung wood-framed sash which may be replacements. The tile roof has been resurfaced. The building facade,has been repointed. The wrought-iron fence on the areaway wall is not original. 1947: Alt 948-1947 [Source: Alteration Application) The stoop was removed when the building was converted from a single-family residence with one furnished room to four apartments and one furnished room. Architect –Emil Koeppel  Owner — Amanda Bnunkal
History: This row was built in 1890-91 for William Lanchantin, a developer active in the construction of such rows in this district. Although architect F.A. Minuth is listed as architect of record in the New Buildings Docket, these houses are attributed however to the well-known West Side architect and developer Clarence True. Selected References: New York City Department of Taxes Photograph Collection, Municipal Archives and Record Collection, E 1294; I 2468.16; I 2468.17. Clarence True, Designs of 141 Dwelling Houses Built on the West Side (New York, c. 1893), n.p