274 West 12th Street (New York City, New York)

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5-story Neo-Baroque residential building completed in 1889. Designed by George Keister, it has rich sculptural decoration. The facade is clad completely in brownstone. The entrance doorway, approached by a stoop, is very ornate; the lintel is carried on vertically-placed consoles, adorned with classical swags of fruit, and crowned by classical heads. The window lintels on brackets, and the foliate band courses between them, are also notable. Like its neighbors to the east, which served as a model, the architectural elements, rustication of the first story, the band courses, the cornices above the windows, and the roof cornice crowning the building - all projecting boldly from the stone background - create a Baroque play of light and shade, so characteristic of late 19th Century Eclectic architecture.