81 Riverside Drive

81 Riverside Drive

Date: 1897-98

NB Number: NB 401-97

Type:  Townhouse

Architect:  True, Clarence

Developer/Owner/Builder: Clarence True

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report: Riverside Drive- West 80^th-81^st Street Historic District

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Elizabethan Renaissance Revival

Primary Facade:   Limestone and Rose Brick

Stories: Four-and-one-half

Window Type/Material: one-over-one wood sash; windows with wrought-iron grilles; round-arched windows with Gibbs surrounds

Roof Type/Material: pitched; stepped end wall with chimney; two complex dormers with inwardly curving pediments with shield surmounted by smaller triangular pediments

Historic District: Riverside Drive - West 80th - 81st Street HD

Alterations: Entrance pavilion refaced with brick, round-arched entry and windows converted to rectangular windows, stoop removed and roundarched service entrance converted to rectangular main entrance, with metal and glass door; one small window added to second and third floors; brick fourth floor facade painted; storms added to second and third floor windows; original roof tiles replaced by asphalt shingles; south stepped end wall removed and chimney altered, north chimney removed; pilasters of dormers (originally like No. 85 Riverside Drive) stripped; entry lamps added.