320 West 108th Street
320 West 108th Street
NB Number:Â NBÂ 807-1898
Borough of Manhattan Tax Map Information: Block 1892, Lot 58
Type: Â Rowhouse
Architect: Â Janes & Leo
Developer/Owner/Builder:Â Joseph A. Farley
NYC Landmarks Designation:Â Historic District
Landmark Designation Report: Riverside Drive– West End Historic District Extension II
National Register Designation:Â N/A
Primary Style: Â Renaissance Revival
Primary Facade: Â Â Brick and Limestone
Stories:Â 5
Historic District: Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II
Decorative Metal Work: Stoop handrail; second-story iron balconette
Significant Architectural Features: Four-story, full-width rounded bay; limestone base separated from red-brick upper stories with a Greek-key beltcourse; low stoop with bluestone steps and metal handrails leads to central entrance (since moved to side bay); entrance enframement features Ionic columns, Doric pilasters, and molded cornice with entablature; second-story iron balconette; second-story window openings feature full limestone enframements with modillioned lintels, third story has molded lintels and stone sills, fourth story has a beltcourse sill and modillioned cornice above window openings, fifth-story has radiating brick lintels with limestone keystones; historic wood six-over-six double-hung windows at fourth and fifth stories; simple molded cornice with denticulated brickwork
Alterations: Ground floor reconfigured, entrance moved from central to left bay, secondary entrance in right bay converted to window; several through-wall air conditioners; balustrade above oriel cornice removed
Building Notes: Built as part of a row of four houses at 316 to 322 West 108th Street; historic image of row appears in the Real Estate Record and Guide 64:335 (September 2, 1899)
North Facade: Designed (historic, ground floor painted)
Stoop: Original
Door(s): Replaced primary door
Windows: Mixed
Security Grilles: Not historic (upper stories)
Cornice: Original
Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete
Curb Material(s): Granite