326 West 71st Street

326 West 71st Street

Date: 1894-5

NB Number: 1058-94

Architect:  Horgan, Arthur J.

Developer/Owner/Builder: William Bradley

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report: 

No. 326 is one of a group three houses which were the last to be constructed on the south side of the street, linking the two groups designed by John Burne. The similarity of materials, cornice and sill heights within and between groups enhances the unity of the historic district. Within this group, the two lowest stories of all three houses share the same design elements. Above this, the two end houses—No. 322 and No. 326—are the same, with the middle house being distinct. Each house is three bays wide, with three stories and a raised basement. The basement, faced with bush hammered, rusticated stone, has two windows with ornate wrought iron grilles and a basement entrance beneath a high stone stoop. The three round-arched openings of the parlor story level are linked by a continuous stone hood molding and carved foliate pilaster capitals. The second story is distinguished by a large oriel, rounded on the end houses and angled on the center one. Carved stone stonework ornaments the lowest sections of the two outer oriels. Stone stringcourses and sillcourses define each story. All windows were originally one-over-one, double hung wood sash. The top story of the end houses has a tripartite window capped by a rounded, carved stone pediment, while the center house has three round-arched windows with a continuous, carved hood molding above them and incised designs above that. Broad metal cornices with identical designs cap each building.

Nos. 326-330 have been owned by the Parish Visitors of Mary Immaculate since 1920. In 1959, interior renovations were made to combine the three buildings for use by the convent.

National Register Designation:

Primary Style:  Renaissance Revival and Romanesque Revival

Primary Facade:   Stone

Stories: 3 with a basement

Window Type: Originally one-over-one, double hung wood sash

Historic District: West 71st Street HD

Wish List: 

Alterations: 

Foliate capitals were removed from the pilasters flanking the doorway, which houses the original double wooden door with full panes of glass. Other areas of ornament were removed from beneath the second story columns. Non-historic wrought-iron grilles cover the parlor story windows. Storm sash cover the windows of the top story wile the second story has replacement windows. The facade has been painted tan.