264 West 77th Street
NB Number: NB 53-89
Block: 1168
Lot: 59
Type: Rowhouse
Architect: Angell, Edward L.
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: Romanesque Revival
Primary Facade: Brick, Brownstone, rock-faced brownstone, and Yellow Brick
Stories: 4 with basement
Elements: Four-story rowhouse with basement; brownstone at basement and first floor, yellow brick with brownstone trim above; one-over-one wood windows; rock-faced base and stoop; round-arched molded entry with colonnettes, transom, and decorative tympanum; double-leaf wood and plate glass entry doors; first floor three-sided bay with balustrade with open circular motif; second floor round-arched windows with arched moldings and transoms; upper stories with transomed windows (top floor with round arches); pediment with small round-arched blind window; stylized engaged colonnettes between fourth floor and roof.
Historic District: West End - Collegiate HD
Alterations: Storm windows added throughout; three air conditioners pierce the facade wall; parts of pediment coping removed; areaway wall added; iron grilles installed on basement windows and one at first floor; entry lamps added.
History: Built as one of a row of four houses (Nos. 262-268). Sold to Emma L. Pinkney on September 2, 1896; sold by her to Cornelius Pinkney in 1913; owned by the family until 1926.
References: New York City, Department of Buildings, Manhattan, Plans, Permits and Dockets.