301 West 37th Street (New York City, New York)
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New Jersey /
West New York /
New York City, New York /
West 37th Street, 301
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6-story office building completed in 1889. Designed by John W. Friend as a tenement, its longer south facade is symmetrical, with a 5-bay center section and 3-bay end sections. It is clad in beige-painted brick and stone above a ground floor lined with storefronts. The main entrance is at the west end.
At the 2nd floor, the end sections have wide bays of windows; the west side has triple-windows with black iron mullions and additional mullions subdividing the windows into narrower panes; the east side has two double-windows. The piers are banded and ornamented with gargoyle faces near the top of the 2nd floor. The middle section also has banded piers, with five large square-headed window openings, each split into two halves by an iron mullion, and topped by a rough-stone lintel. Between and just below the lintels, the piers have bands with wave-motifs.
A dentiled band course sets off the 3rd floor. At the east section, the upper floors are completely covered by a large advertising board. The middle section has round-arched windows at the 4th floor, with ornamented keystones, and elaborate carvings in the architraves and capitals at the piers. The spandrel panels between the 3rd & 4th floors are also elaborately carved with foliate patterns, and faces in the centers. At the west end (and presumably behind the advertising board at the east), the arches lack the elaborate carving in the architraves, instead having stone medallions. Additionally, the piers between the three bays are adorned at the top of the 3rd floor by cartouches.
Another dentiled band course sets off the top two floors, which have double-windows in each bay, segmentally-arched at the 6th floor. Between the two floors are more carved spandrels. A silver metal fire escape runs down two of the middle bays. The roof line is marked by a black metal roof cornice with modillions, egg-and-dart molding, and a paneled frieze; it has been removed at the west section.
The east facade facing Eighth Avenue has two more storefronts at the ground floor. The 2nd floor has a band of three double-windows with black iron mullions, and gargoyle faces at the outer piers. The rest of the facade is covered by another large advertising board, but the north pier is exposed, revealing carved ornament at the 4th floor. The roof cornice continues onto this facade. The ground floor at the east end is occupied by White Castle hamburgers.
At the 2nd floor, the end sections have wide bays of windows; the west side has triple-windows with black iron mullions and additional mullions subdividing the windows into narrower panes; the east side has two double-windows. The piers are banded and ornamented with gargoyle faces near the top of the 2nd floor. The middle section also has banded piers, with five large square-headed window openings, each split into two halves by an iron mullion, and topped by a rough-stone lintel. Between and just below the lintels, the piers have bands with wave-motifs.
A dentiled band course sets off the 3rd floor. At the east section, the upper floors are completely covered by a large advertising board. The middle section has round-arched windows at the 4th floor, with ornamented keystones, and elaborate carvings in the architraves and capitals at the piers. The spandrel panels between the 3rd & 4th floors are also elaborately carved with foliate patterns, and faces in the centers. At the west end (and presumably behind the advertising board at the east), the arches lack the elaborate carving in the architraves, instead having stone medallions. Additionally, the piers between the three bays are adorned at the top of the 3rd floor by cartouches.
Another dentiled band course sets off the top two floors, which have double-windows in each bay, segmentally-arched at the 6th floor. Between the two floors are more carved spandrels. A silver metal fire escape runs down two of the middle bays. The roof line is marked by a black metal roof cornice with modillions, egg-and-dart molding, and a paneled frieze; it has been removed at the west section.
The east facade facing Eighth Avenue has two more storefronts at the ground floor. The 2nd floor has a band of three double-windows with black iron mullions, and gargoyle faces at the outer piers. The rest of the facade is covered by another large advertising board, but the north pier is exposed, revealing carved ornament at the 4th floor. The roof cornice continues onto this facade. The ground floor at the east end is occupied by White Castle hamburgers.
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Coordinates: 40°45'15"N 73°59'32"W
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