243 West 76th Street
NB Number: NB 44-89
Block: 1168
Lot: 8
Type: Rowhouse
Architect: Boylan, William H.
Developer/Owner/Builder: Dore Lyon
NYC Landmarks Designation: Historic District
Landmark Designation Report: West End – Collegiate Historic District
National Register Designation: N/A
Primary Style: Eclectic with Queen Anne and Romanesque influence.
Primary Facade: Brick and Brownstone
Stories: 4 with basement
Elements: Four-story with basement rowhouse; brownstone basement and first floor; upper floors brick with brownstone trim; slate mansard roof; high brownstone stoop; triangular pediment on console brackets at entry; double leaf, wood and oval glass entry doors; large round-arched window at parlor floor; foliated oriel at second floor right; round-arched window opening at third floor with large fanlight; dormers in mansard roof.
Historic District: West End - Collegiate HD
Alterations: Cornice above third floor removed; entire building renovated 1982; Metal windows installed; ornamental details lost; facade painted.
History: Built as a row of seven houses (Nos. 241-253; 241 demolished) for developer Dore Lyon. Florian H. Florance bought No. 243
from Lyon in March 1891.
References: New York City, Department of Buildings, Manhattan, Plans, Permits and Dockets.
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