10-16 West 95th Street (New York City, New York)
USA /
New Jersey /
West New York /
New York City, New York /
West 95th Street, 10-16
World
/ USA
/ New Jersey
/ West New York
rowhouse, apartment building
A row of four 5-story (including raised basements) Beaux-Arts residential buildings completed together in 1889. Designed by George Holiday, they are clad in limestone painted bright white at Nos. 10 & 16. The row is designed as a mirror-image, with only minor differences between the outer houses (Nos. 10 & 16) and the middle two (Nos. 12 & 14).
No. 10 at the east end has its stoop replaced by a round-arched ground-level entrance on the left, down a few steps from the sidewalk, with a white wooden door with two glass panes, and a paneled sidelight, flanked by simple pilasters topped by a triangular pediment. To the right is a 3-story projecting bay of three windows, with narrower angled sides. It is banded at the ground floor, where the windows have white iron grilles in decorative swirling patterns. The original parlor-floor entrance is replaced by a single-window; all the windows on this floor are framed by pilasters fluted on their upper halves, and above them is a dentiled cornice above panels o foliate ornament. There are also partially-fluted pilasters around the windows of the projecting bay on the next floor, while the single-window to the left has a bracketed sill. Another dentiled cornice and ornamental panels top this floor. The 4th floor has a double-window with a triangular pediment on the right, and a single-window with a cornice on the left; this floor is capped by a white metal cornice with a foliate frieze. The top floor consists of a steep slate mansard with two dormers - the east one has a single-window and the west one has a double-window, both topped by triangular pediments.
No. 12 has a high stoop on the left, with black cast-iron handrails, that leads up to a round-arched parlor-floor entrance with black wood-and-glass double-doors and a fanlight framed by simple pilasters and an acanthus-leaf keystone. To the right are two round-arched single-windows flanked by fluted pilasters with decoratively paneled tops that carry the rounded base of a central, projecting bay at the next floor. The middle of the base's bottom edge drips to a smaller keystone at the center window, with a bearded grotesque face. The other windows has another acanthus-leaf keystone, and there are thin panels of foliate ornament below these two windows. The ground-level basement is rusticated and textured, with two square-headed single-windows with iron grilles that bow out at the bottoms. The upper floors are lightly rusticated, and the rounded base of the projecting bay is carved with foliate ornament and an egg-and-dart molding, with the two brackets over the base having cherub faces and handing fruit pendants with ribbons. The projecting bay is curved, with three windows, the outer two being narrower and angled back. They are separated by thin, fluted pilasters, and at the top is a band with three spots of foliate ornament and a dentiled cornice. The next floor has two single-windows topped by triangular pediments, and in between them is a vertical panel of elaborate foliate ornament. The top floor is set off a black metal cornice and has a steep slate mansard roof with a triple-window dormer in black metal, the center of which has a pediment and finial.
No. 14 is a mirror-image of No. 12, but has plain metal replacement railings on the stoop. There are basement entrances in the sides of both stoops. The parlor-floor entrance of No. 14 has been modified, and now has a smaller, modern metal-and-glass door set within the arch. The dormer at the top floor is also different, with simplified pilasters between the windows, and a wider pediment on top that lacks a finial.
No. 16 at the west end mirrors No. 10, also with its stoop replaced by a ground-level entrance on the right, down a few steps, with a black wood-and-glass door in a simple black stone surround. The ornament has been stripped from around the single-window that replaces the original parlor-floor entrance. Also different is the 4th floor, which has three bays of single-windows with rounded sunburst pediments. The roof cornice and metal dormers at the top floor are painted black.
No. 10 at the east end has its stoop replaced by a round-arched ground-level entrance on the left, down a few steps from the sidewalk, with a white wooden door with two glass panes, and a paneled sidelight, flanked by simple pilasters topped by a triangular pediment. To the right is a 3-story projecting bay of three windows, with narrower angled sides. It is banded at the ground floor, where the windows have white iron grilles in decorative swirling patterns. The original parlor-floor entrance is replaced by a single-window; all the windows on this floor are framed by pilasters fluted on their upper halves, and above them is a dentiled cornice above panels o foliate ornament. There are also partially-fluted pilasters around the windows of the projecting bay on the next floor, while the single-window to the left has a bracketed sill. Another dentiled cornice and ornamental panels top this floor. The 4th floor has a double-window with a triangular pediment on the right, and a single-window with a cornice on the left; this floor is capped by a white metal cornice with a foliate frieze. The top floor consists of a steep slate mansard with two dormers - the east one has a single-window and the west one has a double-window, both topped by triangular pediments.
No. 12 has a high stoop on the left, with black cast-iron handrails, that leads up to a round-arched parlor-floor entrance with black wood-and-glass double-doors and a fanlight framed by simple pilasters and an acanthus-leaf keystone. To the right are two round-arched single-windows flanked by fluted pilasters with decoratively paneled tops that carry the rounded base of a central, projecting bay at the next floor. The middle of the base's bottom edge drips to a smaller keystone at the center window, with a bearded grotesque face. The other windows has another acanthus-leaf keystone, and there are thin panels of foliate ornament below these two windows. The ground-level basement is rusticated and textured, with two square-headed single-windows with iron grilles that bow out at the bottoms. The upper floors are lightly rusticated, and the rounded base of the projecting bay is carved with foliate ornament and an egg-and-dart molding, with the two brackets over the base having cherub faces and handing fruit pendants with ribbons. The projecting bay is curved, with three windows, the outer two being narrower and angled back. They are separated by thin, fluted pilasters, and at the top is a band with three spots of foliate ornament and a dentiled cornice. The next floor has two single-windows topped by triangular pediments, and in between them is a vertical panel of elaborate foliate ornament. The top floor is set off a black metal cornice and has a steep slate mansard roof with a triple-window dormer in black metal, the center of which has a pediment and finial.
No. 14 is a mirror-image of No. 12, but has plain metal replacement railings on the stoop. There are basement entrances in the sides of both stoops. The parlor-floor entrance of No. 14 has been modified, and now has a smaller, modern metal-and-glass door set within the arch. The dormer at the top floor is also different, with simplified pilasters between the windows, and a wider pediment on top that lacks a finial.
No. 16 at the west end mirrors No. 10, also with its stoop replaced by a ground-level entrance on the right, down a few steps, with a black wood-and-glass door in a simple black stone surround. The ornament has been stripped from around the single-window that replaces the original parlor-floor entrance. Also different is the 4th floor, which has three bays of single-windows with rounded sunburst pediments. The roof cornice and metal dormers at the top floor are painted black.
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Coordinates: 40°47'28"N 73°57'57"W
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