320 West 88th Street
320 West 88th Street
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Date:Â 1890-91
NB Number:Â NB 227-1890
Type: Â Rowhouse
Architect: Â True, Clarence
Developer/Owner/Builder:Â William E Lanchantin
Row Configuration:Â Individual
NYC Landmarks Designation:Â Historic District
Landmark Designation Report:Â Â Riverside Drive- West End Historic District
National Register Designation:Â N/A
Primary Style: Â Elizabethan 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
Roof Type/Material:Â Peaked/Slate
Structure:Â Â These five brick and brownstone-fronted houses are each twenty feet wide and four stories tall above quarry-faced basements. There are no repeated house types in this row and each building was designed to be perceived as unique, but the row presents a unified appearance through the use of: alternating full-height projecting bays and oriels in the western bay; continuous brownstone lintels, sills, and a carved frieze at the attic story; a common roofline; peaked dormers with metal trim and tall gabled fronts filled with brownstone and brick patterning; stepped parapets between the houses; and decorative sunflower motif grilles at the basement story windows. It is apparent that all of the houses originally had hexagonal slate tile roofs and stone stoops leading to parlor-story entrances. The original windows probably had one-over-one double-hung wood-framed sash.
No. 320 (Tax Map Block/Lot: 1249/143) This house is distinguished by a full-height projecting bay which is three sided at the basement and parlor stories and rounded above. There is a carved mullion between the two bay windows at the second story and a stringcourse of alternating brick and brownstone between the second and third stories of the bay. The dormer has a single window. The house retains its stoop and original double wood and glass doors with a transom and wrought-iron grill.
Historic District: Riverside Drive- West End HD
Alterations: The windows of the parlor and second stories have one-over-one aluminum replacement sash, and the third-story windows may have wood framed replacement sash. The dormer’s gable has been partially resurfaced. The slate roof tiles are extant, but the dormer and its roof have been tarred. The areaway has been altered and the wrought-iron fence on the areaway wall is not original.