302-306 West 89th Street
302-306 West 89th Street
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Date:Â 1922
NB Number:Â NB 282-1922
Type: Â Apartment Building
Architect: Â Candela, Rosario
Developer/Owner/Builder:Â Nolovia Construction Company
NYC Landmarks Designation:Â Historic District
Landmark Designation Report:Riverside Drive- West End Historic District
National Register Designation:Â N/A
Primary Style: Â Neo-Renaissance
Primary Facade: Â Â Brick and Limestone
Stories:Â 9
Window Type/Material:Â See alterations
Structure: This nine story apartment building is located on the south side of West 89th Street approximately eighty feet to the west of West End Avenue, extending sixty feet along the street. The structure is U-shaped in plan with a courtyard opening to the west. The building is faced in rust colored brick laid in English bond with limestone trim.
West 89th Street Facade: This facade has three horizontal divisions and is articulated by seven bays of single windows with stone sills. The two-story base is crowned with a stone cornice and has rusticated quoins. The classically-inspired entrance is centered in this facade. A rusticated round arched stone entryway is flanked by banded columns supporting a flat entablature with a metal balcony above. A fanlight transom with a decorative metal grille is located above the entrance doors. The second story window directly above the entrance has a banded stone surround with a large keystone. First story window openings have round arched stone tops with rondels and raised brick surrounds. A metal service door is found at the far west of the first story. The six story midsection is separated from the two story top by a simple stone stringcourse. Brick quoins rise from the second to the ninth story and a modillioned metal cornice caps the facade. Western Elevation: The western elevation is partially visible from West 89th Street. The facade brick returns to the adjacent rowhouse; remaining brick varies in color. This elevation has a single window bay.
Eastern Elevation: The eastern elevation has the same features as the western elevation.
Historic District: Riverside Drive- West End HD
Alterations: All of the windows have one-over-one double-hung metal sash replacing the original six-over-six wood-framed sash. Part of the brickwork on the eastern elevation has been repointed and the water table is painted. The double entrance doors of wood and glass, the awning, and the lights flanking the doorway are not original.
History:Â This apartment building was erected in 1922 for the Nolovia Construction Company according to the design of architect Rosario Candela. The site was previously occupied by three rowhouses. Selected References: New York City Department of Taxes Photograph Collection, Municipal Archives and Record Collection, E 1295. New York Public Library, Photographic Views of New York City 1870’s-1970’s from the Collections of the New York Public Library (Ann Arbor, Mich., 1981), microfiche nos. 0619-El.