319 West 88th Street
319 West 88th Street
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Date:Â 1896
NB Number:Â NB 122-1896
Type: Â Rowhouse
Architect: Â Thomson, Theodore E.
Developer/Owner/Builder:Â Thomas Carlew
NYC Landmarks Designation:Â Historic District
Landmark Designation Report:Â Riverside Drive- West End Historic District
National Register Designation:Â N/A
Primary Style: Â Renaissance Revival
Primary Facade: Â Â Brownstone
Stories:Â 4 and basement
Window Type/Material:Â One-over-one double-hung/Wood
Basement Type:Â Raised
Stoop Type:Â Unknown
Structure: These five brownstone-fronted houses are arranged in a pavilion design, with the end houses (Nos. 315 and 323) projecting slightly from the building line of the rest of the row. Each house is twenty feet wide, four stories above a raised basement, and has a three-bay design, with a two-story curved oriel capped by a carved frieze above the third story. The rowhouses have continuous roof and stringcourse lines and identical sheet metal cornices with deep decorated fascias. Pilasters are used as mullions in the oriels and flank the fourth-story windows. Carved panels-separate the parlor-story openings. There is basically one house design in this row, the houses varying only slightly in the carving at the base of the oriel-and in the use of rock faced or smooth ashlar at the basement story; Nos. 321 and 323 have smooth ashlar and the others have rock-faced ashlar. No. 315 projects slightly and has a curved corner where the wall recesses to meet the center houses. All originally had stoops leading to a parlor-story entrances, windows with one-over-one double-hung wood-framed sash, stained glass transoms above the parlor-story doors (as seen at No. 317), and grilles in the basement-story windows.
Historic District: Riverside Drive- West End HD
Alterations: The stoop was removed in 1928 and a basement entranceway created. The original parlor story entrance was replaced with windows. The parlor story windows have aluminum replacement sash. There are light fixtures beside the door. 1928: Alt 127-1928 [Source: Alteration Application] The.stoop was removed. Architect – Arthur Weiser Owner – Hedra Holding Corporation