319 West 107th Street

319 West 107th Street

Date: 1897-1898

NB Number: NB 556-1897

Type:  Rowhouse

Architect:  True, Clarence

Developer/Owner/Builder: P M Stewart and H T Smith

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

Window Type/Material: One-over-one double-hung/Wood

Roof Type/Material: Pitched/Spanish Tile

Structure:  Significant Architectural Features: Three-story, full width rounded bay; limestone base with rough faced rusticated bays flanking smooth ashlar center bays; round arched entrance and window opening, and segmental arched secondary entrance; balustrade below second story windows supported by foliate brackets; grey brick upper stories with limestone quoins; second story window openings with limestone molded lintels and quoined enframements; third story window openings with limestone quoins; fourth story round arched window openings with quoined limestone enframements; historic wood one-over-one double-hung windows; molded cornice and balustrade above third story, modillioned cornice above fourth; swans neck dormer with sunburst ornament located in front of peaked roof; Special Windows: Round headed sash in ground floor and fourth story windows; curved glass in second and third story windows

Building Notes: Built as part of a row of nine dwellings at 303 to 319 West 107th Street; home to the Nicholas Roerich Museum (which once occupied the nearby Master Building at 310 Riverside Drive)

South Facade: Designed (historic) Door(s): Replaced primary door; non-historic secondary entrance gate Windows: Historic Security Grilles: Mixed (upper stories) Roof: Historic (pitched – Spanish tile) Cornice: Original Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete Curb Material(s): Granite Areaway Wall/Fence Materials: Stone knee wall Areaway Paving Material: Parged bluestone

Historic District: Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II