334 West 71st Street
334 West 71st Street
Date: 1893-4
NB Number: 1433-93
Type: Townhouse
Architect: Burne, John C.
Developer/Owner/Builder: Lindsay & Johnson
NYC Landmarks Designation: Historic District
Landmark Designation Report: West 71st Street Historic District
No. 334 is one of a group of seven houses that obtain their unity from their common materials and proportions, size, and regular cornice and sill lines, stepped down slightly to accommodate the change of grade of the street. The architect, John C. Burne, used two designs for these houses, alternating them in a pattern of A BB AA BB, with paired stoops and porticos. No. 334 is of the “A” type, distinguishable by an oriel at the second story and three round-arched windows under a continuous stone molding at the third story. Each building is three bays wide, with three stories above a raised basement, The basements are finished in rock-faced masonry, with two windows fronted by decorative wrought iron grilles, and a basement door under the stone porticoes shielding double wooden doors with transoms. Panels of carved stone ornament, stringcourses and sillcourses highlight the facades. The windows were all originally one-over-one, double-hung wood sash. A stamped metal modillioned cornice caps each house, its design alternating between buildings.
National Register Designation:
Primary Style: Renaissance Revival and Romanesque Revival
Primary Facade: Masonry Veneer
Stories: 3 with a basement
Window Type: Originally one-over-one, double-hung wood sash
Alterations:
The original stoop has been removed and the entrance relocated to the ground story, where there is a metal and glass door. The original entrance was altered to accommodate a plain window. The ground story has been refaced with Permastone and the foliate ornamentation has been removed from the parlor and second stories. The rest of the facade has been painted off-white. A narrow shed roof appears over the cornice. The areaway has been altered with a wrought-iron railing.