327 West 76th Street
Date:Â 1891-92
NB Number:Â NB 574-91
Block: 1185
Lot: 54
Type: Â Rowhouse
Architect: Â Mott, Charles T.
Developer/Owner/Builder:Â William Jacob and Reuben Skinner
NYC Landmarks Designation:Â Historic District
Landmark Designation Report: West End – Collegiate Historic District
National Register Designation:Â N/A
Primary Style: Â Renaissance Revival
Primary Facade: Â Â Brick, Metal, Pressed Metal, rock-faced brownstone, rusticated brownstone, Stone, and Terra Cotta
Stories:Â 4
Elements:Â Four-story rowhouse; brick facade of banded rustication on a low base of smooth and rock-faced brownstone; the
lower floors enframed by rope twist moldings and divided by dentil string courses; fourth story articulated by pilasters
and recessed behind a turned classical balustrade of stone; fully rounded bay at first and second stories on right, capped
by elaborate metal railing; very high round-arched window with stained glass transom on the second floor bay suggests a main parlor floor at that level; an unusual entrance is composed of an arched opening framed by pilasters and topped by a rectangular terra-cotta panel of swags and a cartouche; double leaf wood and plate glass doors and a fanlight transom are faced with elaborate decorative screens using Renaissance style motifs; low balustrade stoop railings in stone terminate in a carved newel in swag patterns; simple pressed metal cornice using a dentil molding.
Historic District: West End - Collegiate HD
Alterations: Three-over-three, horizontal muntin, double-hung wood sash installed on the first and second floors; entry lamps added. First and second floor windows originally had transoms.
History:Â Built as a row of five houses (Nos. 323-331). No. 327 was the most elaborate of these five related designs arid the most sophisticated example of Mott’s work in the historic district.
References:Â New York City, Department of Buildings, Manhattan, Plans, Permits and Dockets.