45 Riverside Drive

45 Riverside Drive

NB Number: NB 641-96 (Alt. 2344-24)

Block: 1185

Lot: 96

Type:  Townhouse

Architect:  True, Clarence

Developer/Owner/Builder: Clarence True

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report: West End – Collegiate Historic District

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Elizabethan Renaissance Revival

Primary Facade:   Limestone and Roman Brick

Stories: 4

Elements: Four-story town house with tiled mansard roof; Roman brick facade with limestone base, trim, and three-story curved bay at right; Gibbs surrounds on all windows; quoins; one-over-one wood sash windows (curved on top floor of bay); low stoop with bluestone treads and limestone rail; round-arched entry with decorative entablature supported by stylized pilasters; arched, double-leaf, wood and plate glass entry doors; round-arched windows at first floor; carved parapet at top of bay; modillioned cornice; two interrupted segmental pedimented dormers with shields and pilasters; stepped, coped party walls with chimneys.

Historic District: West End - Collegiate HD

Alterations: Servants’ entrance converted to window in 1924. Wrought-iron railing installed at top of bay; first floor window grilles replaced; entry lamps added.

History: Built as one of a group of six houses (Nos. 44-46 Riverside Drive and Nos. 334-338 West 77th Street).
Sold to Abigail H. Booraem on March 15, 1897, and owned by her until March 7, 1907.
Building converted to apartments in 1924.

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