320 West 71st Street
320 West 71st Street
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Date:Â 1893-4
NB Number:Â 704-93
Type: Â Townhouse
Architect: Â Burne, John C.
Developer/Owner/Builder:Â John Kehoe
NYC Landmarks Designation:Â Historic District
Landmark Designation Report:
West 71st Street Historic District Report
This is one of a group of six, brown-stoned fronted houses which were the first to be constructed in the district. (No. 308, originally part of the row, has been demolished.) All of the houses are three bays wide, with three stories above raised basements. They are unified by their similar materials, with rock-faced ashlar masonry at the basements, pierced by two windows fronted by decorative wrought iron grilles, high stoops shielding basement entrances and leading to parlor floor entrances, and regularly aligned window and cornice heights. Stone stringcourses and sill courses define each story. The windows were all originally one-over-one hung wood sash. The houses of the row step down slightly from east to west. Each house is capped by a heavy, metal cornice with ornate decorative details which differ from house to house. They have all been painted black. The ornamental carved stone details of the houses are similar, but each house is individual and distinct from its neighbors.
National Register Designation:
Primary Style: Â Renaissance Revival
Primary Facade: Â Â Brownstone
Stories: 3 with a basement
Window Type:Â Originally one-over-one hung wood sash
Historic District: West 71st Street HD
Wish List:Â
Alterations:Â
Narrow engaged colonettes and a divided, rectangular transom frame a single, replacement door. All the windows are one-over-one, double-hung metal sash windows. Grilles cover the windows of the first story. A light has been added next to the basement entrance. The facade has been painted blue.