322 West 87th Street
322 West 87th Street
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NB Number:Â NB 173-1889
Type: Â Rowhouse
Architect: Â Minuth, Francis A.
Developer/Owner/Builder:Â placeholder
NYC Landmarks Designation:Â Historic District
Landmark Designation Report:Â Riverside Drive- West End Historic District
National Register Designation:Â N/A
Primary Style: Â Renaissance Revival
Primary Facade: Â Â Stone
Stories:Â 3 and basement
Window Type/Material:Â placeholder
Basement Type:Â Raised
Stoop Type:Â Unknown
Roof Type/Material:Â Pitched/Slate
Structure: This stone-fronted rowhouse, twenty feet wide, is three stories in height above a raised quarry-faced basement and has a three-bay facade. The eastern side of the facade has two slightly projecting oriels; one at the parlor story with multipane arched casement windows, and one uniting the upper stories with square-headed windows at the second story and round arched windows at the third story. The single windows in the flush western bay are reversed; arched at the second story and square-headed at the third story. The pitched roof, surfaced with scalloped slate tile, has a pressed metal fascia at the ridge and a crenelated parapet between this and the adjacent building. The cornice is pressed metal and incorporates the gutter.Â
Historic District: Riverside Drive- West End HD
Alterations:Â The stoop was removed in 1937 and a basement entranceway created; this has a light fixture above the door. A window was installed in the original parlor-story entrance. Storm windows have been installed at the basement, second, and third stories. The building has been painted white and the areaway wall has been replaced. 1937: Alt 366-1937 [Source: Alteration Application] The stoop was removed. – Architect — LeRoy A. Perry Owner — D.A. Singer Realty Company
History: The house at No. 322 West 87th Street is the survivor of a five-house row which originally extended from No. 314 to No. 322. This row was designed by F.A. Minuth for William E. Lanchantin, a developer active in the construction of such rows in the district, and built in the course of nine months in 1889. The row was broken in 1912 when Nos. 314, 316, 318, and 320 were demolished for the erection of a nine-story apartment building. Selected Reference: New York City Department of Taxes Photograph Collection, Municipal Archives and Record Collection, I 2437.27.