304 West 77th Street

304 West 77th Street

Date: 1891

NB Number: NB 71-91

Type:  Rowhouse

Architect:  Lamb & Rich

Developer/Owner/Builder: Lamb & Rich

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report: West End – Collegiate Historic District

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Eclectic Renaissance Revival

Primary Facade:   Brick

Stories: 4

Window Type/Material: One-over-one wood sash.

Elements: Four-story rowhouse with basement; rusticated limestone basement with orange brick facing and limestone trim above; the full-height swell-front rises from a flat first story; one-over-one wood sash; high stoop with solid,curved stone walls; recessed arched entrance opening with voussoirs, decorative keystones of brownstone, and fanlight with double-leaf, wood and plate glass doors; first floor capped by a dentilled string course; fourth story elaborated by decorative brick courses, splayed brick lintels oh the side windows, a dentilled string course, and a deep terra-cotta enframement on the square central window, which has eighteen-over-orie wood sash; the main cornice is composed of decorative brick courses and a copper terminus set with lion heads; wrought-iron window grille at basement.

Basement Type: Rusticated limsetone

Stoop Type: High stoop with solid, curved stone walls

History: Built as one of a group of fourteen houses (Nos. 301-305 West 76th Street, 302-306 West 77th Street, and 341-357 West End Avenue). As designed, No. 304 is a mirror image of No. 306 West 77th Street. Mr. & Mrs. Willoughby were residents of No. 304 from July 15, 1892 to June 4, 1897.

Historic District: West End - Collegiate HD

Alterations: Converted to Class A multiple dwelling in 1936; reconverted to Class B multiple dwelling and medical offices in 1965; silver aluminum storm windows added; facade painted white entry lamps added.

References: New York City, Department of Buildings, Manhattan, Plans, Permits and Dockets. //  NB 47-91 // Alt 2142-36 2135-65
New York Times, Jan. 24, 1923, p. 13, “Mrs. Willoughby Weston” (Obituary).
American Architect and Building News, 34, 123, pi. 1830 (entrance hall).