900 West End Avenue

900 West End Avenue

Date: 1926

NB Number: NB 527-1926

Borough of Manhattan Tax Map Information: Block 1876, Lot 1

Type:  Apartment Building

Architect:  Felson, J.M.

Developer/Owner/Builder: 900 West End Avenue (Arthur S. Baker, president)

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, Limestone, and Terra Cotta

Stories: 16

Significant Architectural Features: Tripartite composition with three-story base, 11-story middle section, and two-story capital; rusticated brick base with granite watertable; doubleheight entrance enframement with fluted Corinthian pilasters, entablature with acroterion, and door surround with segmental-arched pediment; window openings throughout building feature stone sills; molded terra-cotta cornice separates base from upper stories; central fourth-story bays feature unified limestone window enframement with cartouche; bracketed stone balconettes with cartouche- and festoon-ornamented railings below eighth-story corner windows, 10th-story central windows, and 15th-story windows; terracotta beltcourses separate middle section from top stories; top stories feature double-height terra-cotta window enframements with cartouche-ornamented spandrels; denticulated cornice and brick parapet

Alterations: Windows replaced

South Facade: Designed (historic, base painted)
Door(s): Replaced primary door; non-historic doors in both west end avenue secondary
Windows: Replaced
Security Grilles: Historic (upper stories)
Cornice: Original
Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete
Curb Material(s): Granite

West Facade: Designed (historic)
Facade Notes: Similar to West 104th Street facade; secondary entrances with non-historic doors

East Facade: Not designed (historic) (partially visible)
Facade Notes: Buff brick side wall, front section painted; regular arrangement of window openings; sunken concrete yard accessed through historic metal fence and gate