329 West 87th Street

329 West 87th Street

NB Number: NB 221-1892

Type:  Rowhouse

Architect:  Gilbert, C.P.H.

Developer/Owner/Builder: City Real Estate Co

Row Configuration: ABBA

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report: Riverside Drive- West End Historic District

National Register Designation: 

Primary Style:  Renaissance Revival

Primary Facade:   Buff Roman Brick, Sandstone, and Terra Cotta

Stories: 5

Window Type/Material: One-over-one double-hung/Wood. One large window at the first story, a tripartite window design at the second story, and two windows in each of the upper stories that have lintels with voussoirs and molded terra-cotta keystones.

Basement Type: American

Stoop Type: Low

Roof Type/Material: placeholder

Structure: Masonry bearing walls; These four five-story rowhouses are fifteen and sixteen feet wide and fronted in buff-colored Roman brick with terra-cotta trim above sandstone ground stories. Built with low stoops in the American basement style, the houses are designed to present a unified appearance; the end houses project beyond the building line of the center houses like pavilions, creating an ABBA rhythm. The unity is further en#iasized by uniform round fifth-story windows and continuous cornice and string course lines. The original windows have one-over-one double-hung wood-framed sash. The area ways between the “A” and the “B” houses are separated by ornate wrought-iron fences. The “B” houses share a low box stoop. The entrances have wood and glass double doors.The type “B” houses (Nos. 329 and 331) have reversed entrances. They share a low box stoop with a carved balustrade facing the street. A continuous balustrade runs above the first story of each house and projects as a balcony in front of the center window.

Historic District: Riverside Drive- West End HD

Alterations: There is a light fixture above the door.