360 Riverside Drive

360 Riverside Drive

NB Number: NB 336-1915

Borough of Manhattan Tax Map Information: Block 1893, Lot 1

Type:  Apartment Building

Architect/Builder:  Ajello, Gaetan

Original Owner: The Anthony A. Paterno Construction Corporation

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report: Riverside Drive– West End Historic District Extension II

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Renaissance Revival

Primary Facade:   Brick and Terra Cotta

Stories: 13

Historic District: Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II

Significant Architectural Features: Tripartite composition with three-story base, nine-story middle section, and one-story upper section; granite watertable; primary entrance features double-height, arched limestone enframement with molded panels, roundels, and cartouche; lower-story window openings feature Renaissance-inspired terra-cotta enframements; denticulated terra-cotta beltcourse above second story, molded terra-cotta beltcourses above third and 12th stories; middle-story window openings feature alternating pattern of corbelled and plain brick lintels, with projecting stone sills; fifthstory balconette and window openings with elaborate terra-cotta enframement; upperstory window openings feature terra-cotta enframements with elaborate arched tympanum; modillioned cornice

Alterations: Four-story fire escape installed

Notable History and Residents: Named the Rutherfurd

South Facade: Designed (historic, terra-cotta elements painted)
Door(s): Possibly historic primary door
Windows: Historic
Security Grilles: Historic (upper stories)
Cornice: Original
Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete
Curb Material(s): Granite (West 108th Street); bluestone (Riverside Drive)

West Facade: Designed (historic)
Facade Notes: Similar to West 108th Street facade

East Facade: Not designed (historic) (partially visible)
Facade Notes: Brick side facade; regular arrangement of window openings; service way accessed through historic iron fence and gate