319 West 94th Street

319 West 94th Street

Date: 1905-1906

NB Number: NB 416-1905

Type:  Tenement

Architect:  L F J Weiher

Developer/Owner/Builder: Hoffman, Hoffman & Robinson

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

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

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Renaissance Revival

Primary Facade:   Brick and Stone

Stories: 7

Window Type/Material: See Structure

Roof Type/Material: Pitched/Metal

Structure:  Significant Architectural Features: Rusticated first story; upper stories brick, center and outer bays offset by quoins; stoop cheek wall with scrolled balustrade; portico with banded, fluted columns and piers, carved tympana and cartouche, brackets support balustraded balcony; segmental arched doorway with molded surround and rosette; band course at third story incorporating balustraded balconies; segmental arched windows at first story with voussoirs and scrolled keystones; windows at second story with keyed surrounds and keystones; windows at third and fourth stories with flared lintels and scrolled keystones, pedimented lintels in center and outer bays; segmental arched windows with keystone and carved spandrel at fifth story in outer bays; lintels with keystones at sixth story

Building Notes: The cornice above the fifth story was removed by the 1980s. Built as a tenement 319 West 94th Street was converted into a Single Room Occupancy hotel in 1940. (ALT 264-1940).

Site Features: Accessibility ramp with non-historic railings; diamond plate staircase with pipe railing; siamese connection through fence

South Facade: Designed (historic, painted, altered) Stoop: Resurfaced Door(s): Replaced primary door Windows: Replaced (upper stories); replaced (basement) Security Grilles: Not historic (basement) Roof: Replaced (pitched – metal) Notable Roof Features: Mansard; dormers Cornice: Removed Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete Curb Material(s): Stone

West Facade: Not designed (historic) (partially visible); Facade Notes: Brick; coped

Historic District: Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II

Alterations: Cornice replaced; pipe railing at ramp; seventh story added; historic fire escape removed; lights; signage; remote utility meters; perforated vent; conduits; doorbell