44 Riverside Drive
44 Riverside Drive
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Date:Â 1896-97
NB Number:Â NB 641-96
Block: 1185
Lot: 196
Type: Â Townhouse
Architect: Â True, Clarence
Developer/Owner/Builder:Â Clarence True
NYC Landmarks Designation:Â Historic District
Landmark Designation Report: West End – Collegiate Historic District
National Register Designation:Â N/A
Primary Style: Â Elizabethan Renaissance Revival
Primary Facade: Â Â Brick, Limestone, and Roman Brick
Stories:Â 4
Elements: Four-story bowfront town house with tile mansard roof; Roman brick facade with limestone base and trim; Gibbs surrounds on all windows; round-arched entry with single-leaf, glass-panelled door, and round-arched windows on ground level’ (central window with stained glass); decorative carving on entablature above entry supported by stylized brackets; fourth floor round-arched windows; brick parapet; round-arched pedimented dormer; stepped, coped party walls.
Historic District: West End - Collegiate HD
Alterations: Cornice removed; windows at second and third floors replaced by paired white aluminum windows with transoms at the second floor; round-arched sash at fourth floor replaced by-one-rover-one flat-arched aluminum windows with screens installed behind the window opening; wrought-iron grilles at ground floor windows replaced; air conditioning unit installed through the wall at second floor on the left side.
History: Built as one of a group of six houses (Nos. 44-46 Riverside Drive and Nos. 334-338 West 77th Street).
Sold to William H. Hall on Jan. 11, 1897, and owned by him until 1916.
Occupied in 1937-50 by family of Patrick J. Hangley, real estate operator and insurance broker.
References:Â New York City, Department of Buildings, Manhattan, Plans, Permits and Dockets.
New York Times, Sept. 7, 1949, 29:4.