329 West 85th Street

329 West 85th Street

Date: 1890-1891

NB Number: NB 1177-1890

Type:  Rowhouse

Architect:  Townsend, Ralph S.

Developer/Owner/Builder: Percy M Stewart

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District and Individual Landmark

Landmark Designation Report: Riverside Drive – West End Historic District Extension I, 329 West 85th Street House

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Romanesque Revival

Primary Facade:   Brick and Brownstone

Stories: 3 and basement

Window Type/Material: One-over-one double/hung/Wood; One-over-one/double hung/Stained Glass; One-over-one/double hung/Transom

Stoop Type: Unknown

Roof Type/Material: Pitched/Metal and slate

Structure:  Significant Architectural Features: Rusticated basement and first story faced with rough cut brownstone ashlar; second and third stories red brick with brownstone accents (now all painted); the entablature and tower parapet are metal; the first story triple window frame with colonnettes and denticulated molding; second story windows with rusticated lintels forming a band spanning the building, a colonette at the eastern bay; a shaft at the eastern edge rises from the running sill course of the third story to the entablature and parapet; the tower like bay at the fourth story contains paired arched one-over-one windows; the smaller bay contains a small one-over-one window with split transom and semi-circular sill; the tower’s pyramidal roof is slate and contains an eyebrow window and finials; Decorative Metal Work: Cornice

Building Notes: Nos. 329 to 337 West 85th Street, were individually designated as a New York City Landmarks on April 16, 1991: 329 West 85th Street (LP-1683), 331 West 85th Street (LP-1684), 333 West 85th Street (LP- 1685), 335 West 85th Street (LP- 1686), 337 West 85th Street (LP-1687).

Site Features: Non-historic recessed areaway with brick retaining wall with incorporated curved planters; cellar hatch

South Facade: Designed (historic, painted, resurfaced) Stoop: Removed Door(s): Replaced primary door Windows: Historic (upper stories); replaced (basement) Security Grilles: Not historic (basement) Roof: Pitched – metal/slate (historic) Notable Roof Features: Pyramidal roof and eyebrow window, finials Cornice: Original Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete Curb Material(s): Stone Areaway Wall/Fence Materials: Brick Areaway Paving Material: Concrete

Historic District: Riverside Drive-West End HD Extension I

Alterations: Facade resurfaced; stoops removed and entrance reconfigured to basement level and contains a metal and glass door and two segmental arched windows; areaway walls reconfigured; some windows replaced; non-historic door and cloth awning