375 West End Avenue

375 West End Avenue

NB Number: NB 521-11

Type:  Tower

Architect:  Schwartz & Gross

Developer/Owner/Builder: Cambridge Construction Co.

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report: West End – Collegiate Historic District

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Beaux-Arts

Primary Facade:   Brick, brown brick, Limestone, and Metal

Stories: 12

Elements: Twelve-story rectangular tower; seven bays on West End Avenue; five on West 78th Street; brown brick with limestone two-story base and trim; metal, double-leaf entry doors with decorative ironwork; wood windows are paired nine-over-one or tripartite three-over-one/nine-over-one/three-over-one; vertical emphasis on corners created by seven-story bands of fenestration with quoins, entablatures supported by consoles, iron balconies, and decorative carving; three-story cap with projecting sub-cornice above and below tenth story; Beaux-Arts ornament on upper two stories and cornice.

Historic District: West End - Collegiate HD

Alterations: placeholder

History: This building replaced five rowhouses.

References: New York City, Department of Buildings, Manhattan, Plans, Permits, and Dockets.

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