332 West 87th Street

332 West 87th Street

NB Number: NB 226-1890

Type:  Rowhouse

Architect:  Minuth, Francis A.

Developer/Owner/Builder: John & David Dunn

Row Configuration: ABABA

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report: Riverside Drive- West End Historic District

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Queen Anne

Primary Facade:   Brownstone

Stories: 3 with basement

Window Type/Material: One-over-one double-hung/Wood

Basement Type: Raised

Stoop Type: Unknown

Roof Type/Material: placeholder

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 “A” houses (Nos. 324, 328, and 332) have three-sided projecting bays surmounted by pierced brownstone balustrades rising to the base of the third-story windows, which are square-headed with stained-glass transoms.  A scalloped design is carved above the third-story windows of the western bay.

Historic District: Riverside Drive- West End HD

Alterations:  The stoop was removed in 1948 and a basement entranceway created, above which is a light fixture. The areaway has been altered. The basement story has been resurfaced and the whole building painted white. The house has storm windows at the third story. The cornice has been removed. 1948: Alt 2498-1948 [Source: Alteration Application) The stoop was removed and the house converted from a single-family residence to eight apartments. Architect — Carl B. Cali Owner — John Moscow et al