352 West End Avenue

352 West End Avenue

NB Number: NB 1320-91

Type:  Rowhouse

Architect:  True, Clarence

Developer/Owner/Builder: Francis M. Jenks

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report: West End – Collegiate Historic District

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Eclectic with references to Romanesque and Renaissance Revivals

Primary Facade:   Limestone and rock-faced limestone

Stories: 3 with basement

Elements: Three-story limestone rowhouse with basement and mansard roof; rock-faced base; one-over-one wood sash windows; angled bay at right rises three stories; high stoop; double-leaf, wood and plate glass entry doors with rectangular transom; decorative carved panel above entrance flanked by stylized engaged colonnettes with finials; carved owl below third story window; balustrade at top of bay; dormer with decorative carving set within tile mansard roof with stepped, coped party walls and chimneys and ridgecap; wrought-iron window grilles at basement; cast-iron handrails at stoop.

Historic District: West End - Collegiate HD

Alterations: Half of tile roof resurfaced with asphalt shingles; piece of cornice removed; finials of dormer removed; entry lamps added.

History: Built, as ones of a group; of seven houses, (Nos.. 350-3-56 West End Avenue and Nos. 270-274 West 77th Street).
Sold to Charles F. and Alfred L. Manierre on Dec. 28 1899, conveyed to Charles is 1903, and owned by his family until 1942. Charles Manierre, son of a city police commissioner, ran for governor of New York in 1926 on the Prohibition ticket.

References: New York City, Department of Buildings, Manhattan, Plans, Permits and Dockets. New York Times, Jan. 31, 1940, 19:3.