317 West 90th Street

317 West 90th Street

NB Number: NB 1855-1890

Type:  Rowhouse

Architect:  Thomas J Sheridan

Developer/Owner/Builder: Sheridan & Byrne

Row Configuration: ABABA

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report: Riverside Drive- West End Historic District

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Renaissance Revival

Primary Facade:   Brownstone

Stories: 4

Basement Type: Unknown

Structure: These five, four story, brownstone-faced rowhouses were built as part of a row of seven (Nos. 309-321). The houses are of varying widths: No. 309, 313 and 317 all measure twenty feet; No. 311 is nineteen feet and ten and three-quarter inches; while 319 is nineteen feet and eleven and a half inches. The houses, all designed with high stoops, step down slightly from east to west but share cornice and sill lines and string courses. The historic windows on this group were one-over-one double-hung wood sash. They remain on some of the houses in this group. Some of the houses also retain decorative wrought-iron grilles on the ground and parlor story windows. Two designs appear within the group, arranged in a rhythm of ABABA (from east to west).

The A type houses, Nos. 309, 313 and 317, have rusticated ground stories, three arched openings at the parlor stories, oriels at the third stories (three sided at Nos. 309 and 317, bowed at No. 313) with Nos. 309 and 313 retaining leaded glass transoms, and a pediment above the center window openings at the fourth stories.

Historic District: Riverside Drive- West End HD

Alterations: When the house was converted to a two family residence in 1948, the stoop was removed and a basement level entrance created. The parlor story entrance now contains a window. All of the windows are aluminum replacements and are covered with storm windows. The ground story has been painted red. New wrought iron grilles are placed over the second story windows, and a new wrought-iron fence fronts the areaway. One recent light fixture is placed at the door. Ivy covers part of the building. 1948: Alt 1942-1948 [Source: Alteration Application] House converted to a two-family residence. Architect — Ralph J. Marx Owner — Archibald Hartman

History: These houses were designed by Thomas J. Sheridan as part of a row of seven (Nos. 309-321) and built in 1891 by developers Sheridan & Byrne. Nos. 319 and 321 were demolished in 1929 for the construction of the apartment building now located at No. 319-325. Selected Reference: New York City Department of Taxes Photograph Collection, Municipal Archives and Record Collection, C 734; I 2468-18.