306 West 94th Street: The Alexander

306 West 94th Street: The Alexander

Date: 1900-01

NB Number: 1269-00

Type:  Flats Building and Tenement

Architect:  Pelham, George F.

Developer/Owner/Builder: Rachel Axelrod

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

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

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Renaissance Revival

Primary Facade:   Brick and Stone

Stories: 7

Window Type/Material: Replaced (upper stories & basement); stained-glass windows at entrance

Structure:  Significant Architectural Features: Stone base; rough-faced rustication at basement; quoins; balustraded balconies; portico with fluted and carved Ionic columns supporting an entablature with carved frieze and balustraded balcony; entrance surround with pilasters, carved panels, and stained-glass sidelights with carved corbels; door surround with tresse molding; segmental-arched windows at first story with keystones and pendants; band course at third story with balustrades; double windows at third story with eared surrounds with cartouches and wreathes; flared lintels with scrolled keystones, double windows with wreathes; at fourth through sixth stories; molded band course at seventh story; seventh story rusticated; double segmental-arched windows with eared surrounds decorated with cartouches and carved mullions and round-arched windows with eared surrounds at seventh story; modillioned cornice with fluted frieze

Building Notes: Designed and built as flats, 306 West 94th and 308 West 94th Street (q.v.) were converted into single room occupancy residences in the early 1940s (ALT 2230-1939, completed 1946). No. 306 was recently renovated into an extended stay hotel called the
Hotel Alexander catering to tourists, students and business travelers.

Site Features: Possibly historic fence, partially altered, and gate; siamese connection through
fence; signage on fence; diamond plate staircase with pipe railing; fence and gate with
metal panels and barbed wire across service alley; fence continues along east property
line

Historic District: Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II

Alterations: Balcony of portico altered; fire escape (added by the 1980s); pipe railings on portico; railing on roof; lights; camera; conduits; remote utility meter; alarm; signage; bird deterrent wires