331 West 84th Street
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331 West 84th Street
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Date:Â 1893-1894
NB Number:Â NB 274-1893
Type: Â Rowhouse
Architect: Â Pelham, George F.
Developer/Owner/Builder:Â John & David Dunn
Row Configuration:Â AB
NYC Landmarks Designation:Â Historic District
Landmark Designation Report: Riverside Drive – West End Historic District Extension I
National Register Designation:Â N/A
Primary Style: Â Romanesque Revival
Primary Facade: Â Â Brick and Brownstone
Stories:Â 3 and basement
Window Type/Material:Â 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;Â 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:Â Home to the United Farm Workers Service Center, Inc. from 1973 to 1986;Â 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