323 West 108th Street

323 West 108th Street

NB Number: NB 136-1899

Borough of Manhattan Tax Map Information: Block 1893, Lot 10

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 round-arched entrance in left bay, featuring elaborate hood with cartouche, vegetal ornament, and scrolled brackets; modillioned cornice above ground
floor windows; upper stories feature window openings with full terra-cotta enframements; beltcourses between stories; paired second- and third-story windows with unified enframement featuring columns, piers, and ornamented spandrel; arcaded, roundarched fifth-story window openings; 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

Door(s): Replaced 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: Non-historic iron fence with stone curb

Areaway Paving Material: Concrete with concrete stairs to basement