328 West 87th Street
328 West 87th Street
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NB Number:Â NB 226-1890
Type: Â Rowhouse
Architect: Â Minuth, Francis A.
Developer/Owner/Builder:Â John & David Dunn
Row Configuration:Â ABABA
NYC Landmarks Designation:Â Historic District
Landmark Designation Report:Â Riverside Drive- West End Historic District
National Register Designation:Â N/A
Primary Style: Â Queen Anne
Primary Facade: Â Â Brownstone
Stories:Â 3 with basement
Window Type/Material:Â One-over-one double-hung/Wood
Basement Type:Â Raised
Stoop Type:Â Unknown
Structure: These five, two-bay, three-story houses on raised brownstone basements are each twenty feet wide and fronted in stone. Designed for a unified appearance, the row has two alternating house types distinguished by either a full’-height or a two and a half-story projecting bay at the eastern bay of the facade. The two designs in this row are arranged in an ABABA rhythm. They are further unified by rock-faced brownstone at the basement and uniform window height. There has been some alteration, but it is apparent that all of the houses originally had stoops leading to parlor-story entrances in the flush western bays, one-over-one double-hung wood-framed window sash, molded pressed-metal cornices and basement window grilles with a sunflower motif. The type “A” houses (Nos. 324, 328, and 332) have three-sided projecting bays surmounted by pierced brownstone balustrades rising to the base of the third-story windows, which are square-headed with stained-glass transoms. A scalloped design is carved above the third-story windows of the western bay.Â
Historic District: Riverside Drive- West End HD
Alterations: The stoop was removed in 1945 and an entranceway created at the basement story, which has two light fixtures above the door. The building has had some brownstone resurfacing. The cornice has been removed and storm windows have been added to the parlor, second and third stories. 1945: Alt 992-1945 [Source: Alteration Application] The stoop was removed and the building converted to apartments. Architect — Benjamin M. Sylvan Owner — Anna Lapchin