704 West End Avenue
704 West End Avenue
Date:Â 1895-96
NB Number:Â NB 868-1895
Borough of Manhattan Tax Map Block 1242, Lot 3
Type: Â Flats Building
Architect: Â Neville & Bagge
Developer/Owner/Builder: Sakariasen & Larsen
NYC Landmarks Designation:Â Historic District
Landmark Designation Report: Riverside Drive– West End Historic District Extension II
National Register Designation:Â N/A
Primary Style: Â Renaissance Revival
Primary Facade: Â Â Brick and Stone
Stories:Â 5 and basement
Significant Architectural Features: Stone base; upper stories brick; stone stoop railings with newels; possibly historic double-leaf, wood-and-glass door and transom; shallow portico with composite columns supporting a carved entablature; windows at first story with carved lintels and separated by piers with decorative capitals; windows at second story with bracketed lintels; windows at third story with molded lintels with carved friezes; windows with decorative lintel course and flared lintels with keystones at fourth story; round-arched windows with decorative sill course and lintels with keystones at fifth story; bracketed cornice with decorative frieze panels and denticulated, dog toothed, and egg-and-dart moldings
Alterations: Newel posts of stoop missing cap and finial, treads resurfaced; bird deterrent wires; lights with conduits; wires; doorbell; remote utility meter; under-stoop gate replaced with door
Building Notes: One of two remaining flats buildings out of a row of six. The fire escape was installed in 1937. (FE 40-1937)
Site Features: Non-historic fence and gate; diamond plate steps; non-historic handrail; pipes
West Facade: Designed (historic, painted)
Stoop: Historic stoop (gate under stoop – replaced)
Door(s): Possibly historic primary door
Windows: Replaced (upper stories); replaced (basement)
Security Grilles: Not historic (basement)
Cornice: Historic
Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete
Curb Material(s): Concrete with metal edge
Areaway Wall/Fence Materials: Metal
Areaway Paving Material: Concrete
North Facade: Not designed (historic) (partially visible)
Facade Notes: Brick, parged; clay coping
East Facade: Not designed (historic) (partially visible)
Facade Notes: Brick; fire escape