337 West 76th Street

337 West 76th Street

NB Number: NB 1100-96

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, red roman brick, and Roman Brick

Stories: 4

Elements: Four-story town house; red Roman brick facade with limestone base and trim; curved bay on right at first through third stories; one-over-one wood sash windows; keyed window enframements; ground level round-arched entry with flanking round-arched windows; arched, double leaf, wood and plate glass entry doors; low stoop with carved panelled railing and newels; first floor balcony with brackets and decorative carving; second-story windows with entablatures; solid, carved balustrade at top of bay; decorative pilasters at fourth floor.

Historic District: West End - Collegiate HD

Alterations: Cornice removed; brick addition built, creating a full fifth floor; first floor window openings shortened.

History: Built as one of a group of three houses (No. 337 and Nos. 40 and 41 Riverside Drive). Sold to Horace J. Hayden on December 13, 1897, and owned by his family until 1928.

References: New York City, Department of Buildings, Manhattan, Plans, Permits and Dockets.

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