321 West 101st Street

321 West 101st Street

Date: 1892

NB Number: NB 300-1892

Type:  Rowhouse

Architect:  Ferdon, Martin V.B.

Developer/Owner/Builder: George Reid

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report: Riverside Drive– West End Historic District Extension II

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Renaissance Revival

Primary Facade:   Brownstone

Stories: 3 and basement

Window Type/Material: See Structure

Structure:  Significant Architectural Features: Stoop with carved newels; round arched entrance; full surround with carved tympana, pilasters decorated with lions, foliate capitals and keystone with face of a mustachioed man; possibly historic double leaf doors; round bay; molded and foliate stringcourses; lintel with foliate brackets and denticulated molding at window head at second story; denticulated moldings at window heads at third story; foliate lintel at third story of bay; metal cornice with cable, leaf and denticulated moldings and sunburst; Special Windows: Curved sash in bay; Decorative Metal Work: Grilles at first story and basement

Building Notes: The window grilles at the first story are based on the possibly historic grilles at the basement.

Site Features: Historic areaway wall; stone step; moveable planters

South Facade: Designed (historic, resurfaced, patched) Stoop: Resurfaced stoop (possibly historic gate under stoop) Door(s): Possibly historic primary door; possibly historic wood-and-glass outer doors Windows: Possibly historic (upper stories); possibly historic (basement) Security Grilles: Not historic (upper stories); historic (basement) Cornice: Historic Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete Curb Material(s): Concrete with metal edge Areaway Wall/Fence Materials: Stone Areaway Paving Material: Concrete

Historic District: Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II

Alterations: Stoop walls resurfaced; lights; remote utility meter; cellar windows infilled; doorbell