319 West 106th Street

319 West 106th Street

 

Date: 1898-1899

NB Number: NB 663-1898

Type:  Rowhouse

Architect:  True, Clarence

Developer/Owner/Builder: Smith & Stewart

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: 6

Structure:  Significant Architectural Features: Primary entrance centered on ground floor, featuring molded enframement with cartouche and bracketed entablature; middle stories feature window openings with molded enframements; beltcourse below and spandrels between fourth story windows; modillioned cornice with dentil course above fourth story

Building Notes: Built as part of group of seven dwellings at 319 to 323 West 106th Street and 340 to 343 Riverside Drive (of which 319 West 106th Street is the only one still extant)

South Facade: Designed (historic, painted) Stoop: Altered Door(s): Possibly historic primary door Windows: Replaced Security Grilles: Mixed (upper stories) Cornice: Original Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete; Curb Material(s): Concrete with metal plate Areaway Wall/Fence Materials: Iron fence Areaway Paving Material: Concrete

West Facade: Not designed (historic) (partially visible) Facade Notes: Painted brick side wall

Historic District: Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II

Alterations: Mansard roof removed, upper stories largely rebuilt; entrance stairs resurfaced with tile

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