325 West 108th Street

325 West 108th Street

 

Date: 1899

NB Number: NB 136-1899

Borough of Manhattan Tax Map Information: Block 1893, Lot 9

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

Decorative Metal Work: Second-story balcony railing

Significant Architectural Features: Grey brick upper stories with limestone quoins; second-story balcony supported by brackets, enclosed with iron railing, with projecting portico featuring columns supporting an entablature and third-story balustrade; upper stories
feature full terra-cotta window enframements, some with pediments, cartouches, or keystones; beltcourses between stories; flanking fifth-story round-arched windows; historic wood windows, six-over-six double-hung at second story, one-over-one doublehung in upper stories; modillioned cornice

Alterations: Ground floor rebuilt with brick infill; second-story transoms filled in

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: Removed

Door(s): Replaced primary door

Windows: Historic

Cornice: Original

Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete

Curb Material(s): Granite

Historic District: Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II

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