323 West 108th Street

323 West 108th Street

Date: 1899

NB Number: NB 136-1899

Type:  Rowhouse

Architect:  Graham, Thomas

Developer/Owner/Builder: William Van Wyck Graham

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, Limestone, and Terra Cotta

Stories: 5

Window Type/Material: One-over-one double-hung/Wood; See Structure

Structure:  Significant Architectural Features: Smooth ashlar limestone base with grey brick upper stories; short stair leads to round arched entrance in left bay, featuring elaborate hood with cartouche, vegetal ornament, and scrolled brackets; modillioned cornice above ground floor windows; upper stories feature window openings with full terra cotta enframements; beltcourses between stories; paired second and third story windows with unified enframement featuring columns, piers, and ornamented spandrel; arcaded, round arched fifth story window openings; 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 Door(s): Replaced 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: Non-historic iron fence with stone curb Areaway Paving Material: Concrete with concrete stairs to basement

Historic District: Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II