330 West 108th Street

330 West 108th Street

Date: 1889

NB Number: NB 1286-1889 (ALT 485-1903)

Type:  Rowhouse

Architect:  Freeman, Frank and Joseph Stark

Developer/Owner/Builder: Samuel G. Bayne

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:   Brownstone and Terra Cotta

Stories: 4 and basement

Historic District: Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II

Special Windows: Curved glass windows in rounded bay

Significant Architectural Features: Full-height rounded bay; rough-faced brownstone facade with smooth brownstone accents; tall curved stoop leads to primary entrance featuring roundarched transom and keystoned enframement; wood-and-glass double-leaf doors; parlor floor windows with stone transom bars; stone and terra-cotta beltcourses between stories; historic wood one-over-one windows in curved bay; fourth story features round-arched window openings with terra-cotta enframements; molded cornice

Building Notes: Raised to four stories in 1903 during alterations designed by Joseph A. Stark for owner George. J. Seabury

North Facade: Designed (historic, resurfaced)

Stoop: Historic

Door(s): Replaced primary door

Windows: Mixed (upper stories); replaced (basement)

Security Grilles: Not historic (upper stories); not historic (basement)

Cornice: Historic

Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete

Curb Material(s): Granite

Areaway Wall/Fence Materials: Stone stoop wall; iron fence with stone curb

Areaway Paving Material: Concrete with planter

West Facade: Not designed (historic) (partially visible)

Facade Notes: Brick side wall visible from West 108th Street and above adjoining yards on Riverside Drive; architectural details return around building corner from primary facade for one bay; rear section of facade contains elaborate terra-cotta ornamentation, including angled oriel, round-arched window enframements, molding around recessed roundarched loggia, and around dormer windows; panelized faux-Spanish-tile roof