323 West 74th Street

323 West 74th Street

NB Number: NB 1396-95

Type:  Townhouse

Architect:  Gilbert, C.P.H.

Developer/Owner/Builder: W. C. Adams

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, Marble, Metal, red roman brick, Roman Brick, Terra Cotta, white marble, Wood, and Wrought Iron

Stories: 5

Elements: Five-story town house; white marble base; red Roman brick upper floors; terra-cotta quoins; two-story curved bay; molded window enframements; one-over-one wood sash windows; low marble stoop; Doric portico at base following curve of bay above; wooden, double-leaf, glass panelled entry doors; garlanded keystones at second floor; tertiary cornice crowns bay at third floor; balcony at fourth floor; Ionic columns at fourth floor windows; secondary cornice crowns fourth floor; limestone quoins at fifth floor; elaborate terra-cotta cornice at roof; wrought iron window guards at second and fifth floors; wrought-iron railing at fourth floor balcony.

Historic District: West End - Collegiate HD

Alterations: Entire fifth floor altered. Original treatment consisted of three over-scaled oculus windows set into a plainfaced stone veneer. See photograph, Page 2.1, taken in 1911 by Irving Underhill. Lamps at entry added.

References: New York City, Department of Buildings, Manhattan: Plans, Permits and Dockets.