362 Riverside Drive/The Carlton Arms

362 Riverside Drive/The Carlton Arms

Date: 1904-05

NB Number: 898-1904

Type:  Apartment Building

Architect:  Brower & Gayle

Developer/Owner/Builder: Paul P. Pugh

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report: Morningside Heights Historic District

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Renaissance Revival with alterations

Primary Facade:   

Stories: 10

Historic District: Morningside Heights HD

Status: Contributing
History, Significance and Notable Characteristics : Built on a modified I-plan with a third light court facing Riverside Drive, this Renaissance Revival style residential building, designed in 1904 by Brower & Gayle and built for Paul P. Pugh, was one of the many apartment buildings constructed in Morningside Heights at the time of the opening of the IRT subway. The building was converted to single-room occupancy in 1940 and later purchased by Columbia University which converted it into student housing.
The building’s tripartite facade features a rusticated stone base, entrance with rusticated piers and columns supporting an elaborate entablature with lions, metopes, and pediment with scrolls and ball; upper facade of red brick laid in Flemish bond detailed with foliate band courses incorporating balconettes and beaded chamfers with quoins; multi-story, projecting copper bay windows with keyed surrounds; windows with splayed lintels and carved spandrels and attic story with Venetian arch windows with fluted pilasters, all characteristic of the style. The windows of the light courts have simple lintels and sills, and there is a secondary entrance on
West 109th Street.

Roof: Bulkhead

Site : Basement entrance with metal fence on stone curb, staircase and railing on Riverside Drive; reinforced metal gates at light court and service alley; open fire tower with twin stairs, balconies and corrugated roof; and metal grille in mid-sidewalk on West 109th

Street Sidewalk / Curb Materials:  Concrete sidewalks and stone curbs (including corner)

References: Office for Metropolitan History, “Manhattan NB Database 1900-1986,” (February 8, 2016)
http://www.MetroHistory.com; New York City, Department of Buildings, Alteration Permit
2083-1940 and Certificate of Occupancy 27592 (issued March 25, 1941).

Alterations: Riverside Drive Facade: Base painted; entrance altered and door replaced; windows replaced; door replaced at basement; balconies at tenth story removed; arch across light court at roofline and cornice removed; lights; basement windows infilled, one with small grille; remote utility meters; lights with conduits; grilles at first story; cameras with conduits; siamese standpipe West 109th Street Facade: Base painted; windows replaced; grilles at first story; corner entrance reconfigured, door replaced; stoop walls resurfaced and gate added; arch across light court and cornice removed; balcony at tenth story removed; brick in light court replaced at roofline; lights
and cameras with conduits; wires
East (rear) Facade (partially visible): Brick parged and patched; windows replaced; wires; conduits