324 West 108th Street

324 West 108th Street

Date: 1898-1899

NB Number: NB 177-1898

Type:  Rowhouse

Architect:  Janes & Leo

Developer/Owner/Builder: Joseph A Farley

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 and Limestone

Stories: 5

Window Type/Material: One-over-one double-hung/Wood; See Structure

Structure:  Significant Architectural Features: Rusticated limestone base and brick upper stories; short stair with iron railings leads to central entrance; entrance with radiating lintels, cartouche, and modillioned door hood supported by scrolled brackets; iron and glass double leaf doors; two story angled oriel above ground floor; second story windows feature iron balconettes and unified terra cotta enframement with central broken pediment; denticulated cornice above third story; fourth story windows with incised lintels; historic wood windows including ground floor diamond pane windows, second story casements, and upper story one-over-one double-hung sash; modillioned cornice; Special Windows: Diamond pane casements at ground floor;  Decorative Metal Work: Entrance stair handrail; second-story balconette; fourth story railing above oriel

Building Notes: Built as part of a row of three dwellings at 324 to 328 West 108th Street; historic image of row appears in the Real Estate Record and Guide 62:656 (November 5, 1898)

Other Structures on Site: Shares tax lot with 326 West 108th Street (see separate building entry)

South Facade: Designed (historic, ground floor painted) Stoop: Historic Door(s): Historic primary door; historic iron secondary entrance gate Windows: Historic Security Grilles: Historic (upper stories) Cornice: Original Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete Curb Material(s): Concrete with metal plate Areaway Paving Material: Concrete

Historic District: Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II

Alterations: Grilles installed in front of second story windows