936 West End Avenue

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  936 West End Avenue B
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  936 West End Avenue A
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  936 West End Avenue C

936 West End Avenue

 

Date: 1898 NB Number: NB 84-1898 Type:  Flats Building Architect:  Hamilton John A. Developer/Owner/Builder: L. F. Weisman NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District Landmark Designation Report:  Riverside Drive– West End Historic District Extension II National Register Designation: N/A Primary Style:  Renaissance Revival Primary Facade:   Brick, Limestone, and Terra Cotta Stories: 7 Significant Architectural Features: Two-story base of rusticated brickwork separated from upper stories with molded terra-cotta cornice; rounded building corners; limestone watertable; primary entrance on West End Avenue features boldly projecting double-height enframement with granite columns with Ionic capitals, massive coffered arch topped with an acroterion; lower stories feature window openings with stone lintels and stone sills, upper stories feature full terra-cotta enframements with bracketed sills; terra-cotta beltcourse below seventh story; modillioned cornice with dentil course Alterations: Windows replaced (historically one-over-one double-hung sash); fire escapes installed West Facade: Designed (historic, terra-cotta elements painted) Door(s): Replaced primary door Windows: Replaced (upper stories); replaced (basement) Security Grilles: Not historic (upper stories); not historic (basement) Storefront(s): Replaced Cornice: Original Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete Curb Material(s): Granite (West End Avenue); bluestone (West 106th Street); concrete with metal plate (Broadway) East Facade: Designed (historic) Facade Notes: Similar to West End Avenue facade; storefront infill in ground floor; a couple historic cast-iron piers with acanthus-leaf capitals North Facade: Designed (historic) Facade Notes: Similar to West End Avenue facade; sunken concrete areaway with sets of concrete and metals stairs leading to basement; areaway enclosed with historic iron postand-railing fence with stone curb; basement clad in rough-faced brick South Facade: Not designed (historic) (partially visible) Facade Notes: Brick side wall partially visible from both Broadway and West End Avenue; rounded building corners with corner windows; narrow light shaft separated from street with metal-plate gates; regular arrangement of window openings