321 West 103rd Street

321 West 103rd Street

Date: 1891-1892

NB Number: NB 1009-1891

Type:  Rowhouse

Architect:  Ferdon, Martin V.B.

Developer/Owner/Builder: Egan & Hallecy

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: One-over-one, double-hung/Wood; Bay Window curved glass

Stoop Type: Unknown

Structure:  Significant Architectural Features: Full height rounded bay; brownstone front with rusticated basement; former primary entrance features arched enframement with grotesque headed lintel, vegetal ornament, impost blocks, and caryatids; multiple beltcourses; some historic one-over-one double-hung wood windows; denticulated cornice; Special Windows: Curved glass in bay windows at parlor floor and third story; Decorative Metal Work: Basement window grilles

Building Notes: Built as part of a row of five houses at 315 to 323 West 103rd Street, of which nos. 315 to 321 survive

South Facade: Designed (painted) Stoop: Removed Door(s): Replaced primary door Windows: Mixed (upper stories); replaced (basement) Security Grilles: Not historic (upper stories); historic (basement); Cornice: Original Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete Curb Material(s): Concrete with metal plate Areaway Wall/Fence Materials: Non-historic metal fence with concrete curb Areaway Paving Material: Concrete

Historic District: Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II

Alterations: Stoop removed and entrance moved to basement; facade painted; some windows replaced