949 West End Avenue

949 West End Avenue

Date: 1915

NB Number: NB 330-1915

Borough of Manhattan Tax Map Information: Block 1892, Lot 16

Type:  Apartment Building

Architect:  B.N. Marcus and Schwartz & Gross

Developer/Owner/Builder: Schuyler Square Realty Company, Inc

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 and Terra Cotta

Stories: 12 and penthouse

Historic District: Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II

Significant Architectural Features: Tripartite composition with two-story base, eight-story middle section, and two-story capital; granite watertable and tapestry brick facade; window bays separated by vertical brick piers with brickwork patterning; molded terracotta entrance enframement with cartouche-ornamented frieze and modillioned lintel; piers above entrance feature terra-cotta panels decorated with urns; terra-cotta spandrels with festoon motif between ground-floor and second-story windows; denticulated terracotta beltcourse above second story; corner bays with terra-cotta spandrels ornamented with cartouches and festoons at every other story; terra-cotta spandrels between 11th- and 12th-story windows; bracketed cornice with antefix

Alterations: Balconettes below fourth and 10th stories removed; windows replaced (historically multi-paned-over-one double-hung sash)

East Facade: Designed (historic)
Door(s): Replaced primary door; historic iron secondary entrance gate
Windows: Replaced
Security Grilles: Not historic (upper stories)
Cornice: Original
Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete
Curb Material(s): Granite

North Facade: Not designed (historic) (partially visible)
Facade Notes: Yellow brick side wall with red brick patterning; regular arrangement of window openings