310 West 83rd Street

310 West 83rd Street

Date: 1893

NB Number: NB 154-1893

Type:  Rowhouse

Architect:  Pelham, George F.

Developer/Owner/Builder: John H Edeltmeyer and William C. Morgan

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 and Romanesque Revival

Primary Facade:   Brownstone

Stories: 3 and basement

Stoop Type: See Structure

Structure:  Significant Architectural Features: Stoop with fluted newel posts and carved caps; carved foliate decoration at first story; paired windows at second and third stories with pilasters; single windows with molded surrounds, lintel with rosette at second story; cornice with Greek key motif in frieze; Decorative Metal Work: Possibly historic gate under stoop

North Facade: Designed (historic) Stoop: Painted stoop (possibly historic gate under stoop) Door(s): Possibly historic primary door; possibly historic (c. 1939) interior doors Windows: Replaced (upper stories); replaced (basement) Security Grilles: Historic (basement) Cornice: Historic Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete Curb Material(s): Concrete Areaway Wall/Fence Materials: Historic wall (painted); non-historic fence and balustrade Areaway Paving Material: Concrete

East Facade: Not designed (historic) Facade Notes: Brick; conduit; open work masonry wall on party wall at rear enclosing garden; two chimneys

South Facade: Not designed (historic) (partially visible) Facade Notes: Brick; windows replaced; stone sills and lintels; corbelled brick cornice

Historic District: Riverside Drive-West End HD Extension I

Alterations:  Stoop painted, treads resurfaced; lights; transom possibly replaced, house number repainted; light and house number tiles at under stoop entrance; alarm; doorbells; motion sensor or camera

History: Richard Morgan, President of the Bankers Life Insurance Company, lived in the house with his family from 1894-1905. References: Office of the Register, New York County, Deeds and Conveyances, Liber 35, p. 148 (July 24, 1894), Liber 108, p. 324 (August 1905); U. S. Census records, 1900.