321 West 84th Street

321 West 84th Street

Date: 1893-1894

NB Number: NB 274-1893

Type:  Rowhouse

Architect:  Pelham, George F.

Developer/Owner/Builder: John & David Dunn

Row Configuration: AB

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

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

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Romanesque Revival

Primary Facade:   Brick and Brownstone

Stories: 3 and basement

Roof Type/Material: Pitched

Structure:  Significant Architectural Features: Rusticated stone base; decorative foliate ornament on door enframements design is repeated at spandrel panels at third story; decorative bracketed cornice with Greek key molding and shallow shed roof; decorative metal work: Security grilles

Building Notes: One of seven mid-block rowhouses built to follow an AB pattern; the original entry door possibly reinstalled in the entryway below the stoop

Site Features: Low brownstone wall with planter surrounds recessed areaway with concrete paving; stone stairs lead to secondary entrance; stone curb with iron fencing surrounding areaway

South Facade: Designed (resurfaced) Stoop: Replaced Door(s): Replaced primary door Windows: Replaced (upper stories); replaced (basement) Security Grilles: Not historic (basement) Roof: Pitched – asphalt shingles (replaced) Cornice: Historic Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete Curb Material(s): Stone Areaway Wall/Fence Materials: Metal; Areaway Paving Material: Brick

Historic District: Central Park West - West 73rd-74th Streets HD and Riverside Drive-West End HD Extension I

Alterations: Stoop reinstalled; windows replaced; door reframed with non-historic wood-and-glass door at main entrance; metal vent at roof