302 West 86th Street, AKA 302-308 West 86th Street

302 West 86th Street, AKA 302-308 West 86th Street

Date: 1916-1917

NB Number: NB 400-1916

Type:  Apartment Building

Architect:  Mulliken & Moeller

Developer/Owner/Builder: 86th Street & West End Avenue Co

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report:Riverside Drive – West End Historic District Extension I

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Renaissance Revival

Primary Facade:   Brick, Stone, and Terra Cotta

Stories: 12

Window Type/Material: See Structure

Structure:  Significant Architectural Features: High stone water table with small casement windows; two story base with elaborate brickwork; two story entrance with elaborate terra-cotta enframements featuring a period wood and glass double leaf door, pilasters with foliate designs lion heads, spandrel panel with symbolic designs; two possibly historic light fixtures flank entrance; windows at the second and third stories with scrolled pediment; terra cotta cornice runs the width of the building at the third story and acts as sills at this level; terra cotta windows enframements are repeated at the outer bay windows at the fourth and fifth stories; tripartite window groupings at the outer bays, with possibly historic six-over-one windows at several stories and one-over-one windows at most stories; central bays feature windows with simple stone sills at fifth through tenth stories; terra cotta cornice at the 11th story runs the width of the building and features balconettes at the outer bay windows with enframements that frame the 12th story windows; topped by a terra cotta cornice at the roofline

Building Notes: First of three building with identical design features.

North Facade: Designed (historic, repointed) Door(s): Possibly historic primary door Windows: Mixed Cornice: Original Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete Curb Material(s): Stone

Historic District: Riverside Drive-West End HD Extension I

Alterations: Some windows replaced; period wood and glass double leaf door; through-the-wall air-conditioners at several stories; metal and canvas awning at entrance that runs to the curb

References: NYC, Department of Buildings Certificates of Occupancy 512-1917, 41187-1953.