319 West 89th Street
319 West 89th Street
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Date:Â 1890
NB Number:Â NB 678-1890
Type: Â Rowhouse
Architect: Â True, Clarence
Developer/Owner/Builder:Â WIlliam E Lanchantin
NYC Landmarks Designation:Â Historic District
Landmark Designation Report:Riverside Drive- West End Historic District
National Register Designation:Â N/A
Primary Style: Â Romanesque Revival
Primary Facade: Â Â Brownstone
Stories:Â 3
Window Type/Material:Â One-over-one, double-hung/Wood
Basement Type:Â Raised
Stoop Type:Â Unknown
Roof Type/Material:Â Hexagonal/Slate & Tile
Structure: The five brownstone fronted rowhouses at Nos. 301 to 309, and a sixth at No. 319, each twenty feet wide, are three stories above raised basements and have two-bay facades. They are unified by a carrunon roof line and stringcourse lines, two- or three-story projecting bays on the eastern half of the facades, stepped parapets between the buildings, the use of both smooth and rock-faced ashlar on the facades, regularly aligned window and ‘cornice heights, and decorative sunflower motif grilles at the basement stories. Many of the houses have been altered but it is apparent that all originally had hexagonal slate tile roofs, similar facade materials, and stoops leading to parlor-story entrances. The windows all originally had one-over-one double-hung wood sash. The houses have a variety of gables and turrets at the roof, and the ornamental carved stone details of the houses are similar, but each house is individual and distinct from its neighbors.
This house, which may have originally resembled No. 305, is distinguished by full-height rounded projecting bay. It is the only house in the group which retains a stoop; it has carved newels. The original parlor-story door with decorative wrought-iron grille still exists.
Historic District: Riverside Drive- West End HD
Alterations:Â Â The building and stoop have been completely resurfaced in a smooth textured stucco. The window sash are white aluminum replacements. Through-the-wall air conditioner sleeves have been placed below each of the eastern windows, and also below each window at the basement story. There are new exterior grills at the parlor story, and the areaway wall has been altered. Solar panels were added to the roof in 1977. Two light fixtures have been added to either side of the door. 1977: Alt 859-1977 Solar panels added. Architect — Roy A. Eicker Owner — Abel Hendy
History:Â This row, originally of ten houses which extended from No. 301 to No. 319, was designed by the renowned Upper West Side architect Clarence True, for William E. Lanchantin, a developer active in the construction of such rows in this district. The houses were built in the course of seven months in 1890. The row was broken in 1914 when Nos. 311, 313, 315, and 317 were demolished for the erection of an eight-story apartment building.