324 West 88th Street
324 West 88th Street
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Date:Â 1890-91
NB Number:Â NB 227-1890
Type: Â Rowhouse
Architect: Â True, Clarence
Developer/Owner/Builder:Â William E Lanchantin
Row Configuration:Â Individual
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 Elizabethan Renaissance Revival
Primary Facade: Â Â Brownstone
Stories:Â 4 and basement
Window Type/Material:Â One-over-one double-hung/Wood
Basement Type:Â Raised
Stoop Type:Â Unknown
Roof Type/Material:Â Peaked/Slate
Structure:Â Â These five brick and brownstone-fronted houses are each twenty feet wide and four stories tall above quarry-faced basements. There are no repeated house types in this row and each building was designed to be perceived as unique, but the row presents a unified appearance through the use of: alternating full-height projecting bays and oriels in the western bay; continuous brownstone lintels, sills, and a carved frieze at the attic story; a common roofline; peaked dormers with metal trim and tall gabled fronts filled with brownstone and brick patterning; stepped parapets between the houses; and decorative sunflower motif grilles at the basement story windows. It is apparent that all of the houses originally had hexagonal slate tile roofs and stone stoops leading to parlor-story entrances. The original windows probably had one-over-one double-hung wood-framed sash.
This house has a full height squared projecting bay in the western half of the facade, a coztanon feature as an end treatment in a row. The bay has a single window at each story on the eastern elevation and two windows at the bay face; those at the basement, parlor, and second stories are paired. The dormer has a single window.
Historic District: Riverside Drive- West End HD
Alterations: The stoop was removed in 1948 and a basement entranceway created which has a light fixture above the door. The original parlor story entrance has been replaced by a window. The windows all have one-over-one aluminum replacement sash. The dormer facade has been tarred, as at Nos. 320 and 322. The facade has-been repointed. 1948: Alt 2187-1948 [Source: Alteration Application] The stoop was removed and the building was converted from a rooming house to nine apartments. Architect – Cole & Liebmann owner.- Parkrest Construction Corporation
History:Â This row was built in 1890-91 for William Lanchantin, a developer active in the construction of such rows in this district. Although architect F.A. Minuth is listed as architect of record in the New Buildings Docket, these houses are attributed however to the well-known West Side architect and developer Clarence True. Selected References: New York City Department of Taxes Photograph Collection, Municipal Archives and Record Collection, E 1294; I 2468.16; I 2468.17. Clarence True, Designs of 141 Dwelling Houses Built on the West Side (New York, c. 1893), n.p