325 West End Avenue
301 West 75th Street, 303 West 75th Street, 305 West 75th Street
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.