319 West 108th Street

319 West 108th Street

NB Number: NB 136-1899

Borough of Manhattan Tax Map Information: Block 1893, Lot 111

Type:  Rowhouse

Architect:  Graham, Thomas

Developer/Owner/Builder: William Van Wyck Graham

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, Limestone, and Terra Cotta

Stories: 5

Significant Architectural Features: Smooth ashlar limestone base with segmental-arched openings; grey brick upper stories; short stair leads to segmental-arched entrance in right bay; iron-and-glass single-leaf door with transom; two-story, full width rounded oriel above ground floor with vegetal-ornamented underside; central second-story window with terra-cotta broken pediment lintel on scrolled brackets; beltcourses between stories; fourth-story windows with unified enframement featuring columns, molded lintel, and round pediment with roundel; fifth-story features central rectangular window openings with molded lintel flanked by round-arched windows with keystoned enframements; modillioned cornice

Building Notes: Built as part of a row of seven dwellings at 317 to 329 West 108th Street; illustration of the row appears in the Real Estate Record and Guide 64:676 (November 4,1899)

South Facade: Designed (historic)

Stoop: Historic stoop (historic gate under stoop)

Door(s): Historic primary door

Windows: Replaced (upper stories); replaced (basement)

Security Grilles: Historic (upper stories); historic (basement)

Cornice: Original

Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete

Curb Material(s): Granite

Areaway Wall/Fence Materials: Historic iron fence with stone curb

Areaway Paving Material: Concrete with concrete stairs to basement

Historic District: Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II