327 West 83rd Street, AKA 325-327 West 83rd Street

327 West 83rd Street

Date: 1898-1899

NB Number: NB 11-1898

Type:  Tenement

Architect:  Hartwell, Horace Edgar

Developer/Owner/Builder: William Call

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report:Riverside Drive – West End Historic District Extension I

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Renaissance Revival

Primary Facade:   Brick and Limestone

Stories: 6

Window Type/Material: See Structure

Stoop Type: Wide/Stone

Structure:  Significant Architectural Features: Rusticated stone base; wide stone stoop with Doric engaged columns flanking main entrance, supporting decorative projecting cornice; retains transom and some historic details above entrance; stone window enframements with paired windows; decorative banding runs the width of the building at the second and fifth stories; possibly historic metal cornice at the roofline; Decorative Metal Work: Historic iron areaway railings

Site Features: Cast-iron coal shoot door in areaway

South Facade: Designed (historic) Stoop: Possibly historic Door(s): Replaced primary door Windows: Replaced (upper stories); mixed (basement) Security Grilles: Possibly historic (basement) Cornice: Historic Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete Curb Material(s): Stone Areaway Wall/Fence Materials: Cast-iron Areaway Paving Material: Concrete

West Facade: Not designed (historic) Facade Notes: Brick facade visible from first to sixth stories

Historic District: Riverside Drive-West End HD Extension I

Alterations: Main entrance doors replaced with tripartite metal-and-glass infill and door; iron railing replaced at stoop; non-historic light fixtures; metal fire escape that runs the length of main facade