239 West 100th Street

239 West 100th Street

Date: 1902-1903

NB Number: NB 93-1902

Type:  Rowhouse

Architect:  Pelham, George F.

Developer/Owner/Builder: John Livingston

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:   Stone

Stories: 4

Stoop Type: Unknown

Structure:  Significant Architectural Features: Rusticated base; band course incorporating carved lintel with scrolled brackets; three story bowed bay; windows with full surrounds, keystones at third and fourth stories; modillioned cornice with triglyphs and metopes

Building Notes: Built as one of five, four-story single-family dwellings, no. 239, along with nos. 235 and 237 West 100th Street had become a rooming house in the 1930s. The three houses were converted to apartment houses in 1958. (ALT 482-1936; ALT 17-1958; ALT 19-1958) Site Features: Pipes

South Facade: Designed (historic, altered) Stoop: Removed Door(s): Replaced primary door Windows: Replaced Security Grilles: Not historic (upper stories); Cornice: Historic Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete Curb Material(s): Stone

Historic District: Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II

Alterations: Stoop removed; historic main entrance converted to window; vent in band course; hatch below small window replaced; wires; remote utility meters; non-historic light; signage