355 West 84th Street

355 West 84th Street

Date: 1896-1897

NB Number: NB 1101-1896

Type:  Rowhouse

Architect:  True, Clarence

Developer/Owner/Builder: RIchard G Platt

Row Configuration: ABBBA

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report:  Riverside Drive – West End Historic District Extension I

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Renaissance Revival

Primary Facade:   Brick and Limestone

Stories: 5

Window Type/Material: See Structure

Structure: Significant Architectural Features: Rusticated stone base; curved projecting bay; elaborate entrance portico supported by Ionic columns, followed by denticulated cornice and ornamental frieze at the balcony; door at second story features stone enframements with angled pediment; windows at second and third stories with keystone, stone lintels and stone sills; balconette at fourth story with historic iron railings; Special Windows: Cruciform windows at fifth story; arched windows with keystone at fourth story; Decorative Metal Work: Cast-iron fencing, gate and newel posts at areaway; cast-iron railings at fourth story

Building Notes: One of the series of building following ABBBA pattern

Site Features: Low stone curb with original iron fencing, gate and newel posts surrounds areaway

South Facade: Designed (historic) Stoop: Possibly historic Door(s): Possibly historic primary door Windows: Replaced (upper stories); replaced (basement) Security Grilles: Not historic (upper stories); not historic (basement) Cornice: Original Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete Curb Material(s): Stone Areaway Wall/Fence Materials: Stone and iron Areaway Paving Material: Stone and concrete

Historic District: Riverside Drive-West End HD Extension I

Alterations: WIndows replaced

History: Boyhood home of Arnold Rothstein (1882-1928), widely reported to be behind baseball’s Black Sox Scandal in 1919, when the World Series was fixed.