341 West End Avenue

aka 301 West 76th Street

  • 341 West End Avenue B
  • 341 West End Avenue H
  • 341 West End Avenue G
  • 341 West End Avenue F
  • 341 West End Avenue E
  • 341 West End Avenue D
  • 341 West End Avenue C
  • 341 West End Avenue A

341 West End Avenue

aka 301 West 76th Street

Date: 1891

NB Number: NB 47-91

Type: Rowhouse

Architect: Lamb & Rich

Developer/Owner/Builder: Lamb & Rich

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report: West End – Collegiate Historic District

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style: Chateauesque and Francois I

Primary Facade: Limestone

Stories: 3 1/2

Window Type/Material: One-over-one ash predominating; wood

Stoop Type: High limestone stoop parallel to facade; Wrought-iron lamp standard on stoop wall

Roof Type/Material: Spanish tile hipped roof

Structure: Limestone

Elements: Three-and-one-half story with basement townhouse with Spanish tile hipped roof; limestone facade; central entrance bay flanked by outer bays; one-story with basement limestone wing at left side; two-story angled bay over entrance; wood windows (one-over-one sash predominating); high limestone stoop parallel to facade; studded wood double left entry doors; angled bay flanked by lions and putti at third and fourth floors; spandrels between second and third floor windows on side bays with applied Francois I carving and engaged finials; copper cornice with Gothic detailing on frieze; projecting central cross gables with foliate finial; dormers with copper sides and conical roofs and finials; two brick chimneys; wrought-iron lamp standard on stoop wall. Secondary facade of same configuration and detail but without an entrance and with narrow, windowless side bays.

Historic District: West End - Collegiate HD

History: Built as one of a row of fourteen houses (Nos. 341-357 West End Avenue; 301-305 West 76th Street; 302-306 West 77th Street.) Sold to Robert C. Clowry on June 17, 1903. Clowry owned the house until 1910. Eberhard Faber, led-pencil tycoon, lived here and his family owned the house from 1910-1952. (References: New York City, Department of Buildings, Manhattan, Plans, Permits and Dockets.)

Alterations: Tile roof removed in December 1983; solarium added at first floor right; single pane windows and transoms at first floor West End Avenue facade replaced with multi-pane sash; chimney on West End Avenue side reduced in height

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