343 West End Avenue

343 West End Avenue

Date: 1891

NB Number: NB 47-91

Block: 1185

Lot: 68

Type:  Rowhouse

Architect:  Lamb & Rich

Developer/Owner/Builder: Lamb & Rich

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report: West End – Collegiate Historic District

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Chateauesque and Francois I

Elements: Three-and-one-half story rowhouse with rusticated basement an mansard roof: brownstone basement and first floor; brick upper floors with brownstone trim; two-story angled bay with iron balcony in fish scale motif; tile roof with two dormers trimmed with Gothic spires and recessed scallop shell niches; copper Gothic cornice; wrought-iron window grilles at basement.

Primary Facade:   Brick and Brownstone

Stories: 3 1/2

Window Type/Material: two-story angled bay with iron balcony and fish scale motif; wrought-iron window grilles at basement

Basement Type: rusticated basement; brownstone basement and first floor

Roof Type/Material: mansard; tile roof with two dormers trimmed with Gothic spires and recessed scallop shell niches; copper Gothic cornice

Structure: brick uppper floors with brownstone trim

Historic District: West End-Collegiate HD Extension

History: Built as one of a row of 14 houses (Nos. 343-357) West End Avenue, 301-305 West 76th Street, 302-306 West 77th Street). As designed, No. 343 was a mirror image of No. 353 West End Avenue. George M. Gardner, Jr., manufacturer, was resident in 1914. Building was called Trent House before recent renovation.

References: New York City, Department of Buildings, Manhattan, Plans, Permits and Dockets. NB 47-91 ; Alt. 4651-77 ;  Who’s Who, 1914, “George M. Gardner, Jr.”

Alterations: Stoop removed in 1937 and entry relocated to basement with aluminum and glass entry door; rooftop addition of white stucco with white wrought-iron fence above roof crest, now covered with aluminum; paired two-over-two (horizontal muntin) wood sash windows installed; stone painted brown; areaway wall rebuilt, with new wrought-iron fence added; entry lamps installed.