330 West 71st Street

330 West 71st Street 

Date: 1893-4

NB Number: 1433-93

Type:  Townhouse

Architect:  Burne, John C.

Developer/Owner/Builder: Lindsay & Johnson

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report: West 71st Street Historic District

No. 330 is one of a group of seven houses that obtain their unity from their common materials and proportions, size, and regular cornice and sill lines, stepped down slightly to accommodate the change of grade of the street. The architect, John C. Burne, used two designs for these houses, alternating them in a pattern of A BB AA BB, with paired stoops and porticos. No. 330 is of the “B” type, distinguishable by a two-story oriel, ending in a bowed cornice, with square-headed windows throughout the building. Each building is three bays wide, with three stories above a raised basement, The basements are finished in rock-faced masonry, with two windows fronted by decorative wrought iron grilles, and a basement door under the stone porticoes shielding double wooden doors with transoms. Panels of carved stone ornament, stringcourses and sillcourses highlight the facades. The windows were all originally one-over-one, double-hung wood sash. A stamped metal modillioned cornice caps each house, its design alternating between buildings.

Nos. 326-330 have been owned by the Parish Visitors of Mary Immaculate since 1920. In 1959, interior renovations were made to combine the three buildings for use by the convent.

National Register Designation:

Primary Style:  Renaissance Revival and Romanesque Revival

Primary Facade:   Masonry Veneer

Stories: 3 with a basement

Window Type: Originally one-over-one, double-hung wood sash

Alterations: An extra story with a slate-covered mansard roof, with two segmental dormers and stepped end walls was added in 1905. The building’s stone facade has been painted tan. Full-height grilles cover the parlor story windows.