610 Cathedral Parkway

610 Cathedral Parkway

Date: 1921-22

NB Number: 423-1921

Type:  Apartment Building

Architect:  Schwartz & Gross

Developer/Owner/Builder: 610 West 110th Street Corporation

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report: Morningside Heights Historic District

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Colonial Revival with alterations

Primary Facade:   Brick

Stories: 14 and penthouse

Historic District: Morningside Heights HD

Material(s): Brick; stone; terra cotta

Status: Contributing

History, Significance and Notable Characteristics : This Colonial Revival style apartment building was designed in 1921 by Schwartz & Gross and constructed for the 610 West 110th Street Corporation as Morningside Heights continued to develop into a neighborhood of middle-class apartment buildings. The building’s tripartite facade features a two-story stone base with transitional brick story with terra-cotta panels, an entrance with pilasters and lintel with cartouche and swags supporting a balconette, terra-cotta stringcourses, and balconette. Characteristic of the Colonial Revival style, there is an array of window decoration including two-story arched surrounds with brick spandrels and decorated tympana at the base and uppermost stories, molded surrounds with keystones and simple terracotta sills, brick lintels and brick spandrel panels. At the roofline there is a row of terra-cotta roundels. The penthouse, which now houses three apartments, was originally servants’ quarters. Of additional interest are the two historic lanterns and a marble stoop at the entrance.
In 1948, one of the residents of the building was Jane M. Shattuck, who was instrumental in converting her family’s Schrafft’s ice cream and candy store into a chain of full-service restaurants for which she supervised the food service and preparation. Built as a rental building, 610 Cathedral Parkway is now a condominium (condo lots 1101-1167).

Site : Grille, pipe, and service alley with non-historic gate and metal staircase on Cathedral Parkway;
diamond plate hatches on Amsterdam Avenue; sidewalks and curbs extended at corner

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

References: Office for Metropolitan History, “Manhattan NB Database 1900-1986,” (May 18, 2016) http://www.MetroHistory.com; New York City, Department of Buildings, Certificate of Occupancy 4788 (issued May 31, 1922); “Jane M. Shattuck of Schrafft’s Dies,” New York Times, September 26, 1948, 76.

Alterations: Cathedral Parkway Facade: Balcony above entrance altered; cornice removed; doors at main and secondary entrances replaced; brick patched; windows replaced; stoop railings; canopy; pipes, standpipe; remote utility meters; camera
East Facade: Brick patched; windows replaced; through-wall air conditioners
South facade: Brick patched; windows replaced, some reconfigured; fire escape
Roof: Water tank; chimney and penthouse