353 West End Avenue

353 West End Avenue

Date: 1891

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: Chateauesque and Francois I

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 upper floors with brownstone trim

Historic District: West End - Collegiate HD

History: Built as one of a row of 14 house (Nos. 343-357 West End Avenue, 301-205 West 76th Street, 302-306 West 77th Street). Mr. & Mrs. Robert Schlessinger resided in the house from may 10, 1923 to 1945. He was president of Electric Chemicals Engineering Co. of the Bronx, metal fabricators. (References: New York City, Department of Buildings, Manhattan, Plans Permits and Dockets, New York Times, Jan. 10, 1966, p. 25, “Robert Schlessinger” (Obituary).)

Elements: 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

Alterations: Some roof tiles are missing