336 West 71st Street
336 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. 336 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. 336 is of the “A” type, distinguishable by an oriel at the second story and three round-arched windows under a continuous stone molding at the third story. 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.
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:
The facade has been painted red. The entrance portico and the foliate ornament at the base of the oriel have been removed. The original windows were replaced by metal, one-over-one double-hung sash on the ground and third stories. Storm sash cover some of the windows on the parlor and second stories, and a light fixture hangs near the door. Sheet metal is located above the building’s cornice.