700 West End Avenue (aka 269 West 94th Street)

700 West End Avenue

Date: 1924

NB Number: NB 664-24

Borough of Manhattan Tax Map Information: Block 1242, Lot 1

Type:  Apartment Building

Architect:  Schwartz & Gross

Developer/Owner/Builder: 704 West End Ave, Corp., Morris H. Rothschild, Pres.

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

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

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Colonial Revival

Primary Facade:   Brick, Stone, and Terra Cotta

Stories: 16

Significant Architectural Features: Stone base; entrance with shouldered surround and molded lintel; possibly historic multi-light door; possibly historic lights; stringcourses at second, fourth, fifth, 14th and 15th stories; quoins (terra cotta at second and third stories; brick at fourth story); terra-cotta trim including window surrounds at 15th and 16th stories; carved and paneled lintels at second through fourth stories; terra-cotta sills at third and sixth through 13th stories; modillioned cornice

Alterations: Marquee replaced; grille altered for air conditioner

Site Features: Metal grille hatch

West Facade: Designed (historic, painted, repointed)
Door(s): Possibly historic primary door
Windows: Replaced
Security Grilles: Not historic (upper stories)
Cornice: Historic
Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete
Curb Material(s): Concrete with metal edge; stone at corner

North Facade: Not designed (historic) (partially visible)
Facade Notes: Red and yellow brick, red brick parged; light court; windows replaced; chimney; water tank; wires

South Facade: Designed (historic)
Facade Notes: Similar to primary facade; base painted, upper stories repointed and patched; windows replaced, except possibly historic eight-over-eight sash in center bay; nonhistoric grilles, some altered for air conditioners; exhaust fan; remote utility meters; cameras or lights with conduits; conduit; signage; siamese connection Site: pipes; grilles; spigot; possibly historic gate (altered) across service alley; concrete sidewalk and stone curb

East Facade: Not designed (historic) (partially visible)
Facade Notes: Brick, painted, patched and parged; decorative detail at return; stone or terra-cotta sills; wires; cables; junction box; water tank; non-historic grilles