355 West 84th Street
Date: 1896-1897
NB Number: NB 1101-1896
Type: Rowhouse
Architect: True, Clarence
Developer/Owner/Builder: RIchard G Platt
Row Configuration: ABBBA
NYC Landmarks Designation: Historic District
Landmark Designation Report: Riverside Drive – West End Historic District Extension I
National Register Designation: N/A
Primary Style: Renaissance Revival
Primary Facade: Brick and Limestone
Stories: 5
Window Type/Material: See Structure
Structure: Significant Architectural Features: Rusticated stone base; curved projecting bay; elaborate entrance portico supported by Ionic columns, followed by denticulated cornice and ornamental frieze at the balcony; door at second story features stone enframements with angled pediment; windows at second and third stories with keystone, stone lintels and stone sills; balconette at fourth story with historic iron railings; Special Windows: Cruciform windows at fifth story; arched windows with keystone at fourth story; Decorative Metal Work: Cast-iron fencing, gate and newel posts at areaway; cast-iron railings at fourth story
Building Notes: One of the series of building following ABBBA pattern
Site Features: Low stone curb with original iron fencing, gate and newel posts surrounds areaway
South Facade: Designed (historic) Stoop: Possibly historic Door(s): Possibly historic primary door Windows: Replaced (upper stories); replaced (basement) Security Grilles: Not historic (upper stories); not historic (basement) Cornice: Original Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete Curb Material(s): Stone Areaway Wall/Fence Materials: Stone and iron Areaway Paving Material: Stone and concrete
Historic District: Riverside Drive-West End HD Extension I
Alterations: WIndows replaced
History: Boyhood home of Arnold Rothstein (1882-1928), widely reported to be behind baseball’s Black Sox Scandal in 1919, when the World Series was fixed.