319 West 76th Street

319 West 76th Street

NB Number: NB 658-91

Block: 1185

Lot: 58

Type:  Rowhouse

Architect:  Mott, Charles T.

Developer/Owner/Builder: William H. Skinner and Reuben Skinner

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report: West End – Collegiate Historic District

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Renaissance Revival

Primary Facade:   Brick, Brownstone, Masonry, Metal, Roman Brick, and rusticated brownstone

Stories: 4 with basement

Elements: Four-story rowhouse with basement; rusticated brownstone basement; smooth brownstone first floor; Roman brick above; curved oriel windows at the second story supported by a scrolled bracket; splayed lintels of Roman brick at second and third floors; dentil string courses define each floor level while the fourth floor is articulated by pilasters; metal cornice with a dentil molding and console modillions; double leaf wood and plate glass entry doors with a clear transom; high stone stoop with solid low masonry railings.

Historic District: West End - Collegiate HD

Alterations: Wrought iron railing added to oriel balcony level; one-over-one metal window sash installed throughout.

History: Built as one of two mirror image houses (Nos. 319 and 321). Henry Eglinton Montgomery, member of the New York Stock Exchange, 1902-20, and a partner of Henry E.Montgomery Co., and later James, Montgomery and Auchincloss, resided at No. 319 from October 14, 1907, to 1925.

References: New York City, Department of Buildings, Manhattan, Plans, Permits and Dockets. Who’s Who, 1924.