318 West 104th Street

318 West 104th Street

Date: 1891-1892

NB Number: NB 1433-1891

Type:  Rowhouse

Architect:  True, Clarence

Developer/Owner/Builder: T A Squier and W E Lanchantin

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

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

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Romanesque Revival

Primary Facade:   Brick and Brownstone

Stories: 4 and basement

Stoop Type: Unknown

Roof Type/Material: Peaked/Asphalt

Structure:  Significant Architectural Features: Brownstone lower stories with rusticated basement; beltcourses below parlor floor and second story; two story angled oriel supported on brackets and pilaster; upper stories clad in brownstone and red Roman brick; cornice with inset panels and frieze; peaked roof with gable enclosing round arched window opening with grotesque headed keystone

Building Notes: Built as part of a row of 10 dwellings at 304 to 322 West 104th Street (of which nos. 304 and 312 to 322 still survive)

North Facade: Designed (historic, brownstone elements resurfaced, base painted) Stoop: Removed Door(s): Replaced primary door Windows: Replaced (upper stories); replaced (basement) Security Grilles: Historic (basement) Roof: Replaced (pitched – asphalt shingles) Cornice: Original Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete Curb Material(s): Granite Areaway Wall/Fence Materials: Non-historic metal fence with stone curb Areaway Paving Material: Concrete with stone steps; metal garbage enclosure

Historic District: Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II

Alterations: Stoop removed, entrance moved to basement