337 West 85th Street
337 West 85th Street
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Date:Â 1890-1891
NB Number:Â NB 1177-1890
Type: Â Rowhouse
Architect: Â Townsend, Ralph S.
Developer/Owner/Builder:Â Percy M Stewart
NYC Landmarks Designation:Â Historic District and Individual Landmark
Landmark Designation Report:  Riverside Drive – West End Historic District Extension I, 337 West 85th Street House.Â
National Register Designation:Â N/A
Primary Style: Â Queen Anne and Romanesque Revival
Primary Facade: Â Â Brick and Brownstone
Stories:Â 3 and basement
Window Type/Material:Â One-over-one double-hung/Stained Glass; One-over-one double-hung w/transom; See Structure
Stoop Type:Unknown
Roof Type/Material:Â Pitched/Slate & metal
Structure:  Significant Architectural Features: Rusticated basement and first story faced with rough cut brownstone ashlar; second and third stories red brick with brownstone accents (now all painted); the entablature and tower parapet are metal; the first story triple window frame with colonnettes and denticulated molding; second story windows with rusticated lintels forming a band spanning the building, a colonette at the eastern bay; a shaft at the eastern edge rises from the running sill course of the third story to the entablature and parapet; the tower like bay at the fourth story contains paired arched one-over-one windows; the smaller bay contains a small one-over-one window with split transom and semi-circular sill; the tower’s pyramidal roof is slate and contains an eyebrow window and finials. Special Windows: First story contains three one-over-one double-hung windows with segmentally arched stained-glass transoms, and paired one-over-one double-hung windows with arched transom; fourth story paired arched one-over-one double-hung windows
Building Notes: Nos. 329 to 337 West 85th Street, were individually designated as a New York City Landmarks on April 16, 1991: 329 West 85th Street (LP-1683), 331 West 85th Street (LP-1684), 333 West 85th Street (LP- 1685), 335 West 85th Street (LP-1686), 337 West 85th Street (LP-1687).
Site Features: Non-historic recessed areaway with brick retaining wall with incorporated curved planters
South Facade: Designed (historic, painted) Stoop: Removed stoop Door(s): Replaced primary door Windows: Historic (upper stories); replaced (basement) Roof: Pitched – slate/metal (historic) Notable Roof Features: Pyramidal roof and eyebrow window, finials Cornice: Original Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete Curb Material(s): Stone Areaway Wall/Fence Materials: Brick Areaway Paving Material: Concrete
Historic District: Riverside Drive-West End HD Extension I
Alterations:Â Â Facade resurfaced; stoops removed and entrance reconfigured to basement level and contains a metal-and glass door and two segmental-arched windows; areaway walls reconfigured; some windows replaced; non-historic door and cloth awning