327 West 84th Street

327 West 84th Street

Date: 1893-1894

NB Number: NB 274-1893

Type:  Rowhouse

Architect:  Pelham, George F.

Developer/Owner/Builder: John & David Dunn

Row Configuration: AB

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

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

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Romanesque Revival

Primary Facade:   Brick and Brownstone

Stories: 3 and basement

Roof Type/Material: Pitched/Asphalt

Structure:  Significant Architectural Features: Rusticated brownstone base; original stone stoop with stone railings; possibly historic wood and glass double door; decorative foliate ornament on base of the slightly bowed bay window at second story, capped by a stone cornice; arched windows at third story; original bracketed iron cornice with shallow shed roof

Building Notes: One of seven mid-block rowhouses built to follow an AB pattern

Site Features: Low brownstone wall with planter surrounds recessed areaway with concrete paving; stone stairs lead to secondary entrance

South Facade: Designed (historic) Stoop: Historic stoop (possibly historic gate under stoop) Door(s): Possibly historic primary door; secondary entrance under stoop Windows: Replaced (upper stories); replaced (basement) Security Grilles: Possibly historic (basement) Roof: Pitched – asphalt shingles (historic) Cornice: Historic Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete Curb Material(s): Stone Areaway Wall/Fence Materials: Stone Areaway Paving Material: Concrete

Historic District: Riverside Drive-West End HD Extension I

Alterations: Some windows replaced; non-historic light fixtures at main and secondary entrances, doors at main entrance replaced with period wood-and-glass doors