895 West End Avenue

895 West End Avenue

Date: 1912

NB Number: NB 615-1912

Borough of Manhattan Tax Map Information: Block 1890, Lot 61

Type:  Apartment Building

Architect:  Ajello, Gaetan

Developer/Owner/Builder: Michael E. Paterno Realty Company

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 Limestone

Stories: 12

Historic District: Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II

Decorative Metal Work: Iron balconettes

Significant Architectural Features: Tripartite composition with two-story base, nine-story middle section, and one-story capital; rusticated limestone base with granite watertable; double-height segmental-arched entrance enframement with molded pilasters, cartouche keystone, denticulated entablature, and recessed spandrel with cartouche ornament; iron-and-glass double-leaf doors with transoms; lower stories feature bracketed window sills and voussoir lintels; molded beltcourse separates base from brick-clad upper stories; third-story windows feature full limestone enframements with radiating lintels and impost blocks supporting molded beltcourse below fourth-story windows; upper-story windows with bracketed sills and radiating lintels; every other floor features alternating bays with segmental-arched molded lintels, deeply projecting sills, and iron window guards–fifth-and 12-stories with cartouche ornament; historic casement windows with transoms and divided into three sections by vertical mullions; molded beltcourse separates middle section from top story; 12th story features round-arched window openings; bracketed cornice

East Facade: Designed (historic)
Door(s): Historic primary door
Windows: Historic (upper stories); historic (basement)
Security Grilles: Not historic (upper stories); historic (basement)
Cornice: Original
Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete
Curb Material(s): Bluestone (West End Avenue); granite (West 104th Street)

North Facade: Designed (historic)
Facade Notes: Similar to West End Avenue facade

West Facade: Not designed (historic) (partially visible)
Facade Notes: Red brick side wall; regular arrangement of window openings; concrete service way and yard accessed through metal fence and gate (possibly historic)

South Facade: Not designed (historic) (partially visible)
Facade Notes: Parged brick side wall; one bay of window openings