334 West 77th Street
Date: 1896-97
NB Number: NB 641-96
Type: Townhouse
Architect: True, Clarence
Developer/Owner/Builder: Clarence True
NYC Landmarks Designation: Historic District
Landmark Designation Report: West End – Collegiate Historic District
National Register Designation: N/A
Primary Style: Elizabethan Renaissance Revival
Primary Facade: Brick, Limestone, Roman Brick, and tan roman brick
Stories: 4
Elements: Four-story bowfront town house with mansard roof; tan Roman brick facing with limestone trim; one-over-one wood sash with Gibbs surrounds; low box limestone stoop with balustrade; recessed ground level entry with single-leaf wood door with glass panel and decorative roundarched hood supported by lion’s head scrolls; ground level round-arched windows and servants’ entrance; fourth floor round-arched windows; cornice and parapet; metal semi-circular pedimented dormer; stepped, coped party walls with chimneys; copper leaders; wrought-iron grilles at first floor windows.
Historic District: West End - Collegiate HD
Alterations: Cornice modified; roof tiles replaced with asphalt shingles; two air conditioners pierce facade wall; entry lamps added; aluminum sash and enframements installed at second floor.
History: Built as one of a group of six houses (Nos. 44-46 Riverside Drive and Nos. 334-338 West 77th Street). Purchased by the Trustees of Gertrude Wallach on August 6, 1897, and sold by Gertrude Wallach Borg in 1927.
References: New York City, Department of Buildings, Manhattan, Plans, Permits and Dockets.
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