483 West End Avenue, aka 481-485 West End Avenue; 301 West 83rd Street

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483 West End Avenue, aka 481-485 West End Avenue; 301 West 83rd Street

Date: 1915

NB Number: 126-1915

Type:  Apartment Building

Architect:  Schwartz & Gross

Developer/Owner/Builder: West End Eighty-Third Corporation

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

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

National Register Designation: 

Primary Style:  Colonial Revival

Primary Facade:   Brick, Cast Iron, Limestone, and Terra Cotta

Stories:  12

Window Type:  Paired windows with shared simple stone sills and bracketed sills at the fourth and eighth stories.

Structure: Significant Architectural Features: Central stone enframed entrance and transom; high stone
water table base; paired windows with shared simple stone sills and bracketed sills at the fourth
and eighth stories; three bays are separated by small single windows; terra cotta cornice that wraps
the building at the 11th story sill level; a series of circular and semi-circular terra cotta medallions
above windows at the 12th; topped by a stone cornice

Site Features: Metal grilles in sidewalk on West End Avenue and West 83rd Street

Notable History and Residents: Founded in 1989, West End Intergenerational Residence offers
educational and child development programs for homeless young women with children, and offers
affordable permanent housing with supportive services for senior citizens.

Alterations: Replaced windows

Historic District: Riverside Drive-West End HD Extension I