315 West 82nd Street
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315 West 82nd Street
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Date:Â 1887-1888
NB Number:Â NB 479-1887
Type: Â Rowhouse
Architect: Â Berg & Clark
Developer/Owner/Builder:Â Charles Berg
Row Configuration:Â ABCBA
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, Ironspot Roman Brick, and Terra Cotta
Stories:Â 4 and basement
Stoop Type:Â Unknown
Structure:Â Significant Architectural Features: Three-story rounded bay;Â Round arched windows at first story;Â brick soldier course lintels at second and third stories; terra cotta enframement with paired engaged columns and spandrel with guilloche design at third story; hipped dormer; dormer with projecting, polygonal roof; brick chimney; stepped gables at end and party walls
Site Features: Bi-level areaway; bluestone steps; non-historic railings; gooseneck pipe; grilled hatch
South Facade: Designed (historic, painted, resurfaced, altered) Stoop: Removed Door(s): Altered primary door Windows: Replaced (upper stories); replaced (basement) Security Grilles: Not historic (basement)Â Roof: Pitched – asphalt tiles (replaced) Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete Curb Material(s): Stone Areaway Wall/Fence Materials: Non-historic fence Areaway Paving Material: Concrete and slate or bluestone
Historic District: Riverside Drive-West End HD Extension I
Alterations: Stoop removed; historic entrance reconfigured as a flat-headed doorway with transom; basement entrance pavilion; basement and first story resurfaced; large dormer re-sided with vinyl or aluminum, windows reconfigured; penthouse with through-wall air conditioner; railing on rounded bay; through-wall air conditioner; light; intercom; sign;Â Building Notes: The penthouse was added c. 2001.
History:Â Built as a single-family dwelling, by 1930 315 was a lodging house. It was converted to apartments in 1955. One of five row houses in an ABCBA pattern by Berg & Clark, No. 315 was included in a proposed West 82nd Street Historic District, along with 310-316, 307-313, and 317-325 West 82nd Street, that was heard in 1986. In 1992 the Commission moved to take no action on the proposal.