321 West 108th Street

321 West 108th Street

NB Number: NB 136-1899

Borough of Manhattan Tax Map Information: Block 1893, Lot 11

Type:  Rowhouse

Architect:  Graham, Thomas

Developer/Owner/Builder: William Van Wyck Graham

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:   Brick, Limestone, and Terra Cotta

Stories: 5

Special Windows: Fifth-story round-headed sash

Significant Architectural Features: Smooth ashlar limestone base with grey brick upper stories; short stair leads to central entrance flanked by windows; iron-and-glass single-leaf door with transom; two-story, full width angled oriel above ground floor supported on scrolled brackets; second and third stories feature keystoned window openings with radiating lintels; beltcourses between stories; fourth- and fifth-story windows with unified enframement featuring piers, frieze, quoins, and cartouche; historic wood one-over-one double-hung windows; modillioned cornice

Building Notes: Built as part of a row of seven dwellings at 317 to 329 West 108th Street; illustration of the row appears in the Real Estate Record and Guide 64:676 (November 4, 1899)

South Facade: Designed (historic)

Stoop: Historic stoop (gate under stoop – replaced)

Door(s): Historic primary door

Windows: Historic (upper stories); historic (basement)

Security Grilles: Historic (upper stories); historic (basement)

Cornice: Original

Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete

Curb Material(s): Granite

Areaway Wall/Fence Materials: Historic iron fence with stone curb

Areaway Paving Material: Concrete with concrete stairs to basement

Historic District: Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II