489 West End Avenue

489 West End Avenue

Date: 1891-92

NB Number: NB 1110-1891

Type: House

Architect: Lamb & Rich and Lamb, Hugh

Developer/Owner/Builder: Gerald L.  Schuyler

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

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

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style: Flemish Revival

Primary Facade: Brick and Brownstone

Stories: 4 and basement

Window Type/Material: Tripartite bay window at second and third stories; Windows replaced (upper stories); windows replaced (basement)

Roof Type/Material: Pitched – stone and brick (historic)

Stoop: Resurfaced stoop (Gate under stoop – replaced)

Historic District: Riverside Drive-West End HD Extension I

Significant Architectural Features: Stone stoop leas to first story main entrance with historic fanlight transom and sidelights; central paired window with stone enframements; stone banding acts as sill at this level; stone cornice marks transition to second story; banded brickwork at second and third stories; center tripartite bay window second stories a feature that is repeated at the third stories with Ionic columns separating the windows; brownstone colonnettes rest on bracketed cornice at each side of main facade; paid windows with a wide flat stone lintel and keystone at fourth story; Flemish gable with stone cap and stone finials at each step

Alterations: Windows replaced; non-historic wood door with sidelights; first story resurfaced; non-historic light fixture