331 West 84th Street

331 West 84th Street

Date: 1893-1894

NB Number: NB 274-1893

Type:  Rowhouse

Architect:  Pelham, George F.

Developer/Owner/Builder: John & David Dunn

Row Configuration: AB

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report: Riverside Drive – West End Historic District Extension I

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Romanesque Revival

Primary Facade:   Brick and Brownstone

Stories: 3 and basement

Window Type/Material: See Structure

Structure: Special Windows: Three round arched windows at third story; center bay window at second story Significant Architectural Features: Rusticated brownstone base; original stone stoop with stone railings; possibly historic wood and glass double door; decorative foliate ornament on base of the slightly bowed bay window at second story, capped by a stone cornice; original bracketed iron cornice with shallow shed roof

Building Notes: One of seven mid-block rowhouses built to follow an AB pattern.

Site Features: Low brownstone wall with planter surrounds recessed areaway with concrete paving; stone stairs lead to secondary entrance

South Facade: Designed (historic) Stoop: Historic stoop (historic gate under stoop) Door(s): Historic primary door; secondary entrance under stoop possibly historic Windows: Mixed (upper stories); possibly historic (basement) Security Grilles: Historic (basement) Cornice: Removed; Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete Curb Material(s): Stone Areaway Wall/Fence Materials: Stone Areaway Paving Material: Concrete paving

Historic District: Riverside Drive-West End HD Extension I

Alterations: Shed roof and cornice replaced with multi-light skylight; through-wall-air conditioners

History: Home to the United Farm Workers Service Center, Inc. from 1973 to 1986; References: “Coast Farm Strikers Picket Here,” NYT, April 21, 1973, 31; “Farm Workers’ Town House: Union Made Sale,” NYT, April 14, 1985, R1; NYC, Department of Buildings, Certificate of Occupancy 73860-1973