375 West End Avenue
300 West 78th Street
NB Number: NB 521-11
Type: Tower
Architect: Schwartz & Gross
Developer/Owner/Builder: Cambridge Construction Co.
NYC Landmarks Designation: Historic District
Landmark Designation Report: West End – Collegiate Historic District
National Register Designation: N/A
Primary Style: Beaux-Arts
Primary Facade: Brick, brown brick, Limestone, and Metal
Stories: 12
Elements: Twelve-story rectangular tower; seven bays on West End Avenue; five on West 78th Street; brown brick with limestone two-story base and trim; metal, double-leaf entry doors with decorative ironwork; wood windows are paired nine-over-one or tripartite three-over-one/nine-over-one/three-over-one; vertical emphasis on corners created by seven-story bands of fenestration with quoins, entablatures supported by consoles, iron balconies, and decorative carving; three-story cap with projecting sub-cornice above and below tenth story; Beaux-Arts ornament on upper two stories and cornice.
Historic District: West End - Collegiate HD
Alterations: placeholder
History: This building replaced five rowhouses.
References: New York City, Department of Buildings, Manhattan, Plans, Permits, and Dockets.
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