330 West 87th Street
330 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. No. 330, the only house to.retain its stoop, may have the original wood-framed glazed double door. The type “B” houses (Nos. 326 and 330) have full-height projecting bays with curved sides and flat fronts capped by conical roofs with a front-facing triangular gable, box stoops leading to elaborate arched door surrounds at the parlor story, and carved arches above the second-story windows of the western bay. The parlor-story windows have stained-glass transoms.
Historic District: Riverside Drive- West End HD
Alterations:Â The building has been resurfaced with brick painted white with black trim. The second- and third-story windows have white aluminum replacement sash. An iron railing has been installed on the lower part of the stoop. The house has lost its original conical roof and gable.