253 West 76th Street
Date: 1889-90
NB Number: NB 44-89
Block: 1168
Lot: 104
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, Brownstone, Red Brick, and Wood
Stories: 4 with basement
Elements: Four-story with basement rowhouse; brownstone basement and first floor; red brick with brownstone trim at upper floors; slate mansard roof; one-over-one wood windows; angled four-story bay at left capped with cornice and an octagonal cone turret; triangular pediment and carved spandrels between second and third floors; cornice above third floor; mansard roof with one dormer; brick chimney.
Historic District: West End - Collegiate HD
Alterations: Stoop removed and entry moved to basement; facade painted; wrought-iron areaway railing installed.
History: Originally built as a row of seven houses (nos. 241-253; 241 demolished) by Dore Lyon, a developer. Henry E. Kane purchased No. 253 in April 1890.
References: New York City, Department of Buildings, Manhattan, Plans, Permits and Dockets