325 West End Avenue

325 West End Avenue

Date: 1915-1916

NB Number: NB 225-1915

Block: 1185

Lot: 19

Type:  Apartment Building

Architect:  Neville & Bagge

Developer/Owner/Builder: Charmon Construction Company

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report: West End – Collegiate Historic District

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Neo-Renaissance with Jacobean influence

Primary Facade:   Brick, orange-brown brck, and Terra Cotta

Stories: 12

Elements: Twelve-story apartment building; orange-brown brick laid in Flemish bond with terra-cotta ornament; seven bays wide; tripartite massing; modified H-plan with south facade arranged in two wings of five bays each; one-over-one double-hung wood windows; end bays of tripartite windows; panelled window sills; balconies at second, fifth, ninth, eleventh and twelfth floors; three bay entry surround at West End Avenue facade; double-leaf wrought-iron and plate glass doors with sidelights and fretwork edging; entry enframement of engaged, fluted Ionic columns and foliate carved panels; ornamental terra-cotta panels of humanoid carving at the first three floors; secondary cornice above third floor; window enframements at fourth and fifth floor end bays.of engaged pilasters, and triangular pediments; three festoon appliques at sixth story; denticulated bandcourse above tenth floor; window enframements at eleventh and twelfth floor end bays of engaged columns and triangular pediments with friezes of festoons; finials atop pediments at roof line; cartouches above twelfth story windows; elaborate cornice with frieze of stylized shields; brick parapet.

Historic District: West End - Collegiate HD

Alterations: Two balconies removed above fourth floor, south facade; entry canopy and light fixtures installed.

History: Built as an apartment building for four families per floor at a cost of $600,000.00. This structure replaced eight rowhouses.

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