314 West 83rd Street
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314 West 83rd Street
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Date:Â 1893
NB Number:Â NB 154-1893
Type: Â Rowhouse
Architect: Â Pelham, George F.
Developer/Owner/Builder: John H. Edelmeyer and William C. Morgan
NYC Landmarks Designation:Â Historic District
Landmark Designation Report:  Riverside Drive – West End Historic District Extension I
National Register Designation:Â N/A
Primary Style: Â Romanesque Revival
Primary Facade: Â Â Brownstone
Stories:Â 3 and basement
Window Type/Material:Â See Structure
Structure:Â Â Significant Architectural Features: Rock faced banding at basement; stoop with twisted newel posts, carved caps and perforated balustrade; entrance with twisted colonnettes and carved frieze; transom with historic house number; slightly projecting bay at second and third stories; windows at first and third stories with pilasters and colonnettes; carved plaques and spandrel; cornice with foliate frieze and colonnettes;Â Decorative Metal Work: Possibly historic under stoop gate
Site Features: Historic areaway wall; non-historic pipe railing at stairs; wood storage bin for trash receptacles
North Facade: Designed (historic, painted) Stoop: Resurfaced stoop (possibly historic gate under stoop) Door(s): Historic primary door; possibly historic (c.1939) interior doors Windows: Replaced (upper stories); replaced (basement) Security Grilles: Possibly historic (basement) Cornice: Historic Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete Curb Material(s): Concrete with metal nosing (part of sidewalk slab) Areaway Wall/Fence Materials: Resurfaced; painted Areaway Paving Material: Concrete
Historic District: Riverside Drive-West End HD Extension I
Alterations: Stoop treads resurfaced; lights; doorbells/intercoms; windows replaced; security camera; remote utility meter; spigot Site Features: Historic areaway wall;
History: No. 314 became a rooming house in 1953 when the upper floors were converted into Class B rooms. The house is currently being returned to single-family occupancy.  References: NYC, Department of Buildings, Certificate of Occupancy 43603, January 12, 1955; Job. 120126782-2009.