495 West End Avenue, AKA 491-497 West End Avenue, 300-310 West 84th Street

495 West End Avenue

Date: 1907

NB Number: NB 32-1907

Type:  Apartment Building

Architect:  Pelham, George F.

Developer/Owner/Builder: Lorenz Weiher

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

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

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Beaux-Arts

Primary Facade:   Brick, Granite, Limestone, and Terra Cotta

Stories: 10

Structure:  Significant Architectural Features: One story stone base, with pedimented enframements at the basement windows; two story portico supported by granite columns; ornate limestone and terra cotta window enframements at first story through third stories and eighth and ninth stories; quoins at third and fourth stories; historic balconettes with iron railings and ornately detailed brackets at sixth story; a series of terra cotta enframements and decorative details surround the windows at fourth through tenth stories; terra cotta cornice at seventh story sill level; denticulated iron cornice at roofline; Decorative Metal Work: Cast iron railings at areaway that wraps the building; window grilles at basement; railings on balconies at fifth story

Site Features: Wide areaway that is partially recessed and accessible by stairs encased by a cast iron and stone curb railing at north and south sides of building

East Facade: Designed (historic) Stoop: Historic Door(s): Replaced primary door; secondary entrance on West 84th street Windows: Mixed (upper stories); possibly historic (basement) Security Grilles: Original (basement) Cornice: Original Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete Curb Material(s): Stone Areaway Paving Material: Earth, concrete

South Facade: Not designed (historic) (partially visible) Facade Notes: Brick facade

North Facade: Designed (historic) Facade Notes: One story stone base, with pedimented enframements at the basement; ornate limestone and terra cotta window enframements at first through third stories and eighth and ninth stories; quoins at third and fourth stories; historic balconettes with iron railings and ornately detailed brackets at sixth story; a series of terra cotta enframements and decorative details surround the windows at fourth through tenth stories; terra cotta cornice at seventh stories sill level; denticulated iron cornice at roofline West Facade: Not designed (historic) Facade Notes: Gated alley at west facade

Historic District: Riverside Drive-West End HD Extension I

Alterations: Main entrance door replaced; some bricks replaced at fifth and sixth stories.