319-325 West 71st Street
319-325 West 71st StreetÂ
Date: 1924
NB Number:Â 158-24
Type: Â Apartment Building
Architect: Â Goldner & Goldner
Developer/Owner/Builder:Â Mid-City Development Corporation
NYC Landmarks Designation:Â Historic District
Landmark Designation Report: West 71st Street Historic District
No. 319-325 is a six-story, red brick apartment house. It is five bays wide with two windows grouped in each of the three center bays. Below each window of the center bay is a slightly projecting brick square. All the windows had wood sash, painted white, and those above the ground story had six-over-one sash. A white-framed entrance with double doors with transoms is centered at the ground story. The ground story windows were wood casement. These windows rest on a stone sill course, with four small basement windows and a basement entrance below this. A round-arched corbel table in brick, topped by a stone sill course terminates the ground story. Near the roofline, each of the three center bays is capped by an arrangement in the brick of two small arches and a medallion inside one large arch. The roofline steps down slightly, over each side bay, with a small stone volute at the transition point. Metal fire escapes extend from the second to the sixth stories in front of the second and fourth bays.
The two lots on which this building stands were purchased by Mary Goodsell in 1892. The land remained underdeveloped when the heirs sold it in 1922. It was resold in 1924 to the Mid-City Development Corporation which had this building erected.
National Register Designation:
Primary Style: Â Neo-Romanesque
Primary Facade: Â Â Brick
Stories: 6 with a basement
Window Type: Originally wood sash, painted white; those above the ground story had six-over-one sash; ground story windows were wood casement
Alterations:Â The area near the roofline has been repointed. The windows have all been changed to one-over-one double hung aluminum sash. The fire escapes have been painted red.