322 West 75th Street

322 West 75th Street

Date: 1895-97

NB Number: NB 1508-95

Block: 1184

Lot: 102

Type:  Townhouse

Architect:  Gilbert, C.P.H.

Developer/Owner/Builder: Henry Vail

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report: West End – Collegiate Historic District

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Renaissance Revival

Primary Facade:   Brick, Limestone, Metal, Roman Brick, tan roman brick, Terra Cotta, Wood, and Wrought Iron

Stories: 5

Elements: Five-story corner town house; limestone first floor, tan Roman brick with terra-cotta trim second through fourth floors, and terra-cotta fifth floor; three-story rounded corner pavilion; round bay at second and third floors of set back pavilion on Riverside Drive facade; molded window enframements; one-over-one wood sash windows (curved sash at bay and corner pavilion); quoins; low stone stoop; double-leaf, wood and plate glass entry doors with wrought-iron grillework; balustraded balconies at second floor above entry at corner bay; shelf lintels on console brackets at second floor windows; balustraded balconies above corner pavilion and side bay; secondary cornice above fourth floor; cartouches set in foliate ornament above fifth floor windows; metal cornice; chimneys; elaborate wrought-iron window grilles at first floor and railing between piers of areaway wall; piers capped by wrought-iron finials.

Historic District: West End - Collegiate HD

Alterations: Pair of French doors installed at balcony at left at Riverside Drive facade; roof balustrade removed; areaway wall resurfaced with parged cement; one section of areaway railing replaced with simple wrought ironwork; entry lamps added.

History: Built for Henry Vail, who was a director and editor-in-chief of the American Book Company.

References: New York City, Department of Buildings, Manhattan, Plans, Permits and Dockets. New York Times, September 3, 1925, p. 25. “Henry Vail” (obituary).

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