321 West 108th Street
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321 West 108th Street
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Date:Â 1899
NB Number: NB 136-1899
Type: Â Rowhouse
Architect: Â Graham, Thomas
Developer/Owner/Builder: William Van Wyck Graham
NYC Landmarks Designation:Â Historic District
Landmark Designation Report: Riverside Drive– West End Historic District Extension II
National Register Designation:Â N/A
Primary Style: Â Renaissance Revival
Primary Facade: Â Â Brick, Limestone, and Terra Cotta
Stories:Â 5
Window Type/Material: One-over-one double-hung/Wood; See Structure
Structure:Â Significant Architectural Features: Smooth ashlar limestone base with grey brick upper stories; short stair leads to central entrance flanked by windows; iron and glass single leaf door with transom; two story, full width angled oriel above ground floor supported on scrolled brackets; second and third stories feature keystoned window openings with radiating lintels; beltcourses between stories; fourth and fifth story windows with unified enframement featuring piers, frieze, quoins, and cartouche; historic wood one-over-one double-hung windows; modillioned cornice;Special Windows: Fifth story round-headed sash
Building Notes: Built as part of a row of seven dwellings at 317 to 329 West 108th Street; illustration of the row appears in the Real Estate Record and Guide 64:676 (November 4, 1899)
South Facade: Designed (historic) Stoop: Historic stoop (gate under stoop – replaced) Door(s): Historic primary door Windows: Historic (upper stories); historic (basement) Security Grilles: Historic (upper stories); historic (basement) Cornice: Original Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete Curb Material(s): Granite Areaway Wall/Fence Materials: Historic iron fence with stone curb Areaway Paving Material: Concrete with concrete stairs to basement
Historic District: Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II
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