307 West 83rd Street

307 West 83rd Street

Date: 1891-1892

NB Number: NB 1110-1891

Type:  Rowhouse

Architect:  Lamb & Rich

Developer/Owner/Builder: Gerald L Schuyler

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

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

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Romanesque Revival

Primary Facade:   Brick and Stone

Stories: 4

Window Type/Material: See Structure

Structure:  Significant Architectural Features: Two bay rusticated ground and first stories; banding at first story supports elaborately covered pilasters that flank single one-over-one window; balcony at third story with decorative metal mesh infill; coved, slightly projected bay at third and fourth stories, with three windows at third story and three arched windows separated by engaged columns, decorative metal scrolls, and seashell patterned terra-cotta ornament at the fourth story; dogtooth brickwork and terra cotta gargoyles at cornice; three round-arched windows at the fourth story

Site Features: Recessed areaway

South Facade: Designed (historic, resurfaced) Door(s): Replaced primary door Stoop: Removed Windows: Mixed (upper stories); replaced (basement) Security Grilles: Not historic (basement) Cornice: Historic Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete Curb Material(s): Stone Areaway Wall/Fence Materials: Stone and metal Areaway Paving Material: Concrete

Historic District: Central Park West - West 76th Street HD and Riverside Drive-West End HD Extension I

Alterations: Stoop removed and entrance relocated; ground story resurfaced; areaway planter-box-wall replaced; some windows replaced; through-wall air conditioner at ground story; non-historic light fixtures; balustrade removed from cornice

History: One of six buildings designed by Lamb & Rich for Gerald L. Schuyler