77 Riverside Drive

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77 Riverside Drive 

Date: 1898-99

NB Number: NB 413-98

Type:  Townhouse

Architect:  True, Clarence

Developer/Owner/Builder: Riverside Building Co. (Clarence True)

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report: Riverside Drive- West 80^th-81^st Street Historic District

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Elizabethan Renaissance Revival

Primary Facade:  Tan Roman Brick and limestone detail

Stories: Four-and-one-half

Window Type/Material: One-over-one wood sash windows; round arched windows with stylized Gibbs surrounds and wrought-iron grilles and gate;  windows with Gibbs surrounds (round-arched on fourth floor of corner pavilion), except for keyed enframements on angled bay; second floor window above entrance employs stylized Ralladian motif with transoms above (with blind side panels) surmounted by stepped decorative panel

Roof Type/Material: complex with intersecting gables; tile; stepped end walls with chimneys; two Dutch gables (flanked by scrolls on West 80th Street) with windows with keyed enframements and entablatures surmounted by stepped decorative panels, blind oculi with shield and cartouche, and keystones with finials.

Historic District: Riverside Drive - West 80th - 81st Street HD

Alterations: Small window added at each floor of West 80th Street facade; second floor window opening shortened and iron railing removed on West 80th Street; storm windows added; one-over-one wood sash windows replaced by multi-pane windows on West 80th  Street; iron railings added to corner pavilion and angled bay; rooftop accretions.