504-510 Cathedral Parkway

(aka 502-510 Cathedral Parkway) ( The Amherst-Cortlandt )

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504-510 Cathedral Parkway

Date: 1909-10

NB Number: 761-1909

Type: Apartment Building

Architect: Schwartz & Gross

Developer/Owner/Builder: Carlyle Realty Co.

NYC Landmarks Designation: Historic District

Landmark Designation Report: Morningside Heights Historic District

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style: Secessionist with alterations

Primary Facade: Brick

Stories: 12

Historic District: Morningside Heights HD

Material(s): Brick; stone; terra cotta

Status: Contributing

History, Significance and Notable Characteristics : The Amherst-Cortlandt combines two Secessionist style apartment buildings, the Amherst (originally 504 Cathedral Parkway) and the Cortlandt (originally 510 Cathedral Parkway), designed by the firm of Schwartz & Gross in 1909 under the same New Building permit and built for the Carlyle Realty Co. The tripartite facade features a rusticated stone base with elaborate entrance surrounds (now altered), brick laid in Flemish bond, full width metal-railed and balustraded balconies at the fourth and 11th stories respectively, paired bays of balconettes with sash or French windows offset by multi-story terra-cotta piers with elaborately carved corbels, capitals and pediments and segmental-arched fenestration with brick rowlock lintels with terra-cotta keystones and decorative brickwork spandrels characteristic of the style. Of additional interest are the metal balcony railings and the possibly historic metal grilles found in the former entrances. The two buildings have been combined internally and converted into a condominium (condo lots 1011-1148).

Site : Granite-bordered areaways covered with diamond plate hatches and stone slabs; basement entrances with pipe rail gates and railings on painted walls, diamond plate steps with pipe railing; pipe

Street Sidewalk / Curb Materials: Concrete sidewalk and curb with metal edge

References: Office for Metropolitan History, “Manhattan NB Database 1900-1986,” (February 4, 2016)
http://www.MetroHistory.com; New York County, Office of the Register, Deeds and
Conveyances, Reel 862, p. 804 (January 3, 1985); The World’s Loose Leaf Album of Apartment
Houses (New York: New York World, 1910).

Alterations: Cathedral Parkway Facade: Base painted; brick repointed; historic entrances converted into windows and new combined entrance created; granite water table; canopy; windows replaced; raised sills and partially infilled window openings date from before 1981; central pent roofs removed; signage; vents; spigots; remote utility meters; siamese standpipes; lights and cameras with conduits; basement window altered with vent and grille
East Facade: Brick parged; aluminum siding below roofline; windows replaced
South (Rear) Facade: Brick parged and painted; aluminum below roofline; windows replaced; grilles
Roof: Water tank

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