322 West 80th Street

322 West 80th Street

Date: 1898-1899

NB Number: NB 413-98

Type:  Townhouse

Architect:  True, Clarence

Developer/Owner/Builder: Riverside Building Co. (Clarence True)

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report: Riverside Drive- West 80^th-81^st Street Historic District

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Elizabethan Renaissance Revival

Primary Facade:   Roman Brick

Stories: Four-and-one-half

Window Type/Material: Recessed round-arched window (originally entry) with decorative reveals on first floor; windows with Gibbs surrounds on second floor;  windows with keyed enframements; decorative parapet at top of bow on third floor; round-arched windows with Gjbbs surrounds on fourth floor.

Basement Type: placeholder

Entrance: Slightly projecting central pavilion with recessed round-arched window (originally entry) with decorative reveals, wrought-iron grille and scroll pediment with swag supported by stylized brackets with finials; simple entablature; recessed round-arched entry (originally window); service entrance with wrought-iron gate; stone entry and sidewalk posts; wrought-iron fence.

Roof Type/Material: Pitched; tile; stepped end walls with chimneys; two dormers with composite order pilasters and entablature surmounted by smaller dormer motif with round-arched pediment flanked by scrolls.

Historic District: Riverside Drive - West 80th - 81st Street HD

Alterations: Original recessed entrance converted to window with wrought-iron grille and air conditioner below; original round-arched ground level window enlarged as entrance with wood door; one-over-one wood sash windows replaced (except in dormers) with paired one-over-one wood sash windows (metal on ground floor); cornice removed (gutter installed); entablatures of dormers modified,upper windows blocked; air conditioners pierce facade wall; entry lamps added.

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