489 West End Avenue

489 West End Avenue

Date: 1891-1892

NB Number: NB 1110-1891

Type:  House

Architect:  Lamb & Rich

Developer/Owner/Builder: Gerald L Schuyler

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

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

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Flemish Revival

Primary Facade:   Brick and Brownstone

Stories: 4 and basement

Window Type/Material: See Structure

Roof Type/Material: Pitched/Stone and brick

Structure:  Significant Architectural Features: Stone stoop leads to first story main entrance with historic fanlight transom and sidelights; central paired window with stone enframements; stone banding acts as sill at this level; stone cornice marks transition to second story; banded brickwork at second and third stories; center tripartite bay window second stories a feature that is repeated at the third stories with Ionic columns separating the windows; brownstone colonnettes rest on bracketed cornice at each side of main facade; paired windows with a wide flat stone lintel and keystone at fourth story; Flemish gable with stone cap and stone finials at each step; Special Windows: Tripartite bay window at second and third stories

Site Features: Recessed areaway with non-historic iron railings and gate

History and Residents: One of six row houses designed by Lamb & Rich in 1891, along with 307 West 83rd Street and 487 West End Avenue (altered)

East Facade: Designed (historic, resurfaced, first story rustication removed) Stoop: Resurfaced stoop (Gate under stoop – replaced) Windows: Replaced (upper stories); replaced (basement) Security Grilles: Not historic (upper stories); not historic (basement) Roof: Pitched – stone and brick (historic) Notable Roof Features: Flemish gable Cornice: Historic Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete Curb Material(s): Stone Areaway Wall/Fence Materials: Metal Areaway Paving Material: Concrete

Historic District: Riverside Drive-West End HD Extension I

Alterations: Windows replaced; non-historic wood door with sidelights; first story resurfaced; non-historic light fixture