324 West 87th Street
324 West 87th Street
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NB Number:Â NB 226-1890
Type: Â Rowhouse
Architect: Â Minuth, Francis A.
Developer/Owner/Builder:Â John & David Dunn
Row Configuration:Â ABABA
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 Queen Anne
Primary Facade: Â Â Brownstone
Stories:Â 3 with basement
Window Type/Material:Â One-over-one double-hung/Wood
Basement Type:Â Raised
Stoop Type:Â Unknown
Structure: These five, two-bay, three-story houses on raised brownstone basements are each twenty feet wide and fronted in stone. Designed for a unified appearance, the row has two alternating house types distinguished by either a full height or a two and a half-story projecting bay at the eastern bay of the facade. The two designs in this row are arranged in an ABABA rhythm. They are further unified by rock-faced brownstone at the basement and uniform window height. There has been some alteration, but it is apparent that all of the houses originally had stoops leading to parlor-story entrances in the flush western bays, one-over-one double-hung wood-framed window sash, molded pressed-metal cornices and basement window grilles with a sunflower motif. The type “A” houses (Nos. 324, 328, and 332) have three-sided projecting bays surmounted by pierced brownstone balustrades rising to the base of the third-story windows, which are square-headed with stained-glass transoms. (These transoms are extant at No. 324). A scalloped design is carved above the third-story windows of the western bay.
Historic District: Riverside Drive- West End HD
Alterations: The stoop was removed in 1958 and an entranceway created at the basement story with light fixtures beside the door. The building may be resurfaced to resemble limestone. The basement story has been resurfaced and the areaway has been altered. 1958: Alt 143-1958 [Source: Alteration Application] The stoop was removed and the building converted from a single-family residence to apartments. Architect — Wechsler & Schimenti Owner — Belle Oppenheim