351 Riverside Drive

351 Riverside Drive (Schinasi Residence)

Date: 1907-09

NB Number: NB 749-1907

Borough of Manhattan Tax Map Information: Block 1892, Lot 33

Type:  Free-standing House

Architect/Builder:  Tuthill, William B.

Original Owner: Morris Schinasi

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District, Individual Landmark

Landmark Designation Report: Riverside Drive– West End Historic District Extension II, Schinasi Residence, Individual Designation

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Neo-French Renaissance

Primary Facade:   Limestone

Stories: 2 1/2

Historic District: Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II

Special Windows: Three-sided copper oriel at rear facade

Decorative Metal Work: Stained-glass sash and transoms (West 107th Street and side facades)

Significant Architectural Features: Primary entrance, offset to the right with a molded surround, is approached by steps flanked by wing-walls that terminate in high, square, newel posts; elaborate stone balconies appear at the second floor on either side of the main entrance, and are tied in with a broad band course that separates the two principal stories on all four sides; window and entrance openings with radiating lintels; modillioned roof cornice and paneled frieze; boldly projecting dormer windows composed of ornate pilasters with stone panels in the upper half, crowned by high curvilinear pediments; pitched roof of green terra-cotta tile surmounted, at the front of the building, by a cresting and two spiked finials

Building Notes: Individual landmark designated March 19, 1974 (LP-0844); work currently underway to modify north and east Facades per LPC permit

West Facade: Designed (historic)
Stoop: Original
Door(s): Historic primary door
Windows: Historic (upper stories); historic (basement)
Security Grilles: Historic (basement)
Roof: Historic (pitched – flat tile)
Cornice: Original
Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete
Curb Material(s): Bluestone (Riverside Drive); granite (West 107th Street)
Areaway Wall/Fence Materials: Marble knee wall and balustrade

South Facade: Designed (historic)
Facade Notes: 107th Street facade composed of projecting end sections and a recessed central section; the left end section, nearest Riverside Drive, contains a two-story bay surmounted by an ornamented parapet; center section contains window openings with stone mullions and transom bars

North Facade: Designed (historic) (partially visible)
Facade Notes: North Facade of the house, which faces the neighboring building on Riverside Drive, has the most elaborate treatment; at the rear there is a two-story oriel set above basement level; a broad first-story bay occupies the central portion of the facade; the steeply pitched tile roof rises from the left hand side of this bay, while a vertical wall with windows is set slightly back from the right hand side; the rest of the north facade accords with the front of the building

East Facade: Designed (historic) (partially visible)
Facade Notes: Rear facade has a triple window with stone mullions and transom bars at the first story, and a three-sided copper oriel at the second story; tall stone chimney; terrace accessed through decorative iron fence set between tall stone piers