340 West 71st Street
340 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. 338 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. 340 is of the “B” type, distinguishable by a two-story oriel, ending in a bowed cornice, with square-headed windows throughout the building. 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 front stoop and portico were removed and the main entrance relocated to the ground level. The original entrance was altered to accommodate a plain window. One-over-one, double-hung metal sash windows have replaced the original wood sash. The foliate ornament at the base of the oriel and beneath the parlor floor windows has been removed. Lights were added near the door. The facade has been painted green.