347 West End Avenue

347 West End Avenue

Date: 1891

Block: 1185

Lot: 70

NB Number: NB 47-91

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:  Eclectic Renaissance

Elements: Four-story limestone rowhouse with basement and gabled tile roof; round bay rises at left through second story; one-over-one wood windows; high limestone stoop with solid rails; double-leaf wood and plate glass entry doors with arched transom and iron grille fanlight; bracketed balcony under arched window at second flor; balustrade above bay, cartouches above first and second floor windows; molded window enframements with shelf lintels at third floor; arched fourth-floor window with multi-pane transom surrounded by carvings; carved horizontal bases at roof gables; wrought-iron window gables at basement.

Primary Facade:   Limestone

Stories: 4

Window Type/Material: round bay rises at left through second story; one-over-one wood windows; bracketed balcony under arched window at second floor; balustrade above bay, cartouches above first and second floor widows; molded window enframements with shelf lintels at third floor; arched fourth-floor window with multi-pane transom surrounded by carvings; wrought-iron window gables at basement

Basement Type: basement

Stoop Type: high limestone stoop with sold rails

Roof Type/Material: gabled tile roof; carved horizontal bases at roof gables

Structure: limestone

Historic District: West End - Collegiate HD

History: Part of a row of 14 houses (Nos. 343-357 West End Avenue, 301-305 West 76th Street, 302-306 West 77th Street. No. 347 is a mirror image of No. 349 West End Avenue. Charles F. Rand, who owned mines in Cuba and Spain, purchased the house on October 2, 1901, and owned it until 1921.

References: New York City Department of Buildings, Manhattan, Plans Permits and Dockets. NB 47-91. Alt. 1837-56; Who’s Who, 1918, “Charles F. Rand.”

Alterations: Converted to Class A multiple dwelling in 1956. Plexiglass installed at first and second floor windows; stone balusters replaced by ironwork at balcony over entrance; wrought-iron railing installed at areaway.