145-165 West 95th Street (New York City, New York)
USA /
New Jersey /
West New York /
New York City, New York /
West 95th Street, 145-165
World
/ USA
/ New Jersey
/ West New York
rowhouse, apartment building
A row of eleven 4-story (including raised basements) Renaissance-revival residential buildings completed together in 1890. Designed by Charles T. Mott, they are clad in brownstone painted a variety of colors.
No. 145 at the east end is painted light-grey and has its stoop replaced by a ground-level entrance on the left, down a step from the sidewalk, with a red wooden door in a black stone surround topped by a broken pediment. The two single-windows to the right have iron grilles. The original parlor-floor entrance is replaced by a wide single-window in a delicate molding, and is framed by simple pilasters with elongated brackets decorated with an intricate foliate pattern, carrying a simple entablature and cornice that caps the parlor floor. The two single-windows to the right are subtly framed by keys, except for their upper portions, which have a beveled molding with a similar pattern, also extending down onto the top of the pilaster between the windows. The upper floors have triple-windows separated by wide, engaged colonnettes at the 2nd floor (with quarter-colonnettes at the ends. The facade is crowned by a grey metal roof cornice with brackets and a foliate frieze.
No. 147 has been refaced and painted beige, with most of its detailing shaved off. It also has a ground-level entrance on the left, down a step from the sidewalk, with a black wood-and-glass door. To the right is a 2-story projecting bay of three windows with sharply-angled sides; the end windows are edges by subtle keys, and the bay is capped by a white metal cornice at the parlor floor. The original parlor-floor entrance on the left is replaced by a single-window. The upper floors have three bays of single-windows, and the facade is crowned by a black metal roof cornice that matches the one on No. 145.
No. 149 is painted light-brown. Its stoop is replaced by a ground-level entrance on the right, down a step from the sidewalk, with a black wood-and-glass door in a black stone surround. The original parlor-floor entrance is replaced by a wide single-windows, and the ornament around it matches that at No. 145, as does the rest of the basement level. To the left the parlor floor has another wide single-window with a thin, patterned molding around the top. The upper floors match those at No. 145, and the facade is topped by a high parapet with a metal coping, as the roof cornice has been removed.
No. 151 is painted white, and has its stoop replaced by a ground-level entrance on the left, down a couple steps from the sidewalk, with a black wood-and-glass door framed by fluted pilasters; to the right are two single-windows with iron grilles. The original parlor-floor entrance is replaced by a wide, round-arched single-window with an iron grille and a leaded-glass fanlight. To the right is a segmental-arched double-window also with a leaded-glass fanlight. Both are framed by rough-faced surrounds with keystones. The next floor has two single-windows in simple surrounds, topped by a thin lintel and wide, shallow-arched, rounded pediment with a sunburst. The top floor has three round-arched single-windows with keystones, and the facade is capped by a plain parapet with a stone coping replacing the original roof cornice.
No. 153 is painted light-brown and is a mirror-image of No. 151, but retaining its parlor-floor entrance, with paneled wooden double-doors and green wood-and-glass outer doors below a fanlight. A high, metal stoop with concrete steps replaces the original. There are metal railings across the top-floor windows, and the facade is crowned by a black metal roof cornice with dentils and a frieze with a swirling pattern.
No. 155 is painted a medium brown and has a high, narrow stoop on the left, with short iron handrails topping the low sidewalls; the sides of the stoop below the sidewalls are rough-faced, and there is a gated basement entry in the east side. The parlor-floor entrance has wood-and-glass double-doors below a transom, set in a simple molding with dentils along the top. Another molding with dentils at the top frames the two single-windows to the right, and there are two basement windows with iron grilles. The upper floors have three bays of single-windows; they are separated by fluted pilasters at the 2nd floor, with tulip capitals. The facade is crowned by a black metal roof cornice with an elaborate leafy pattern.
No. 157 is painted white and mirrors the design of No. 155, but with the stoop replaced by a ground-level entrance on the right, down a step from the sidewalk, with a black wood-and-glass door. The two single-windows to the left have white iron grilles. The original parlor-floor entrance is replaced by a single-window, and the roof cornice is painted white.
No. 159 is painted light-brown and repeats the design of No. 151. The ground-level entrance is down a step from the sidewalk and has a black wood-and-glass door flanked by thin, fluted, orange-painted pilasters with an orange entablature on top. Only the basement windows have grilles. The roof cornice has been removed, replaced by a tall parapet of red-orange stucco with a metal coping.
No. 161 is a mirror image of No. 159, including the entrance and roof parapet.
No. 163 is painted a medium brown, and repeats the design of No. 155. The entrance has glass-and-wood double-doors and a transom, and the stoop is a replacement, with iron handrails instead of sidewalls. The roof cornice is painted black.
No. 165 at the west end is painted tan. Its stoop matches No. 163's and shares a middle railing. The parlor-floor entrance has a paneled wood-and-glass door and sidelight and is covered by a rounded, red canvas canopy bearing the name "The Westcove". Above the upper floors have very small, square windows in this bay. To the left is a boldly-projecting bay with a sharply-angled side that has wider windows. They have iron grilles on the basement and parlor floors. The facade is crowned by a red metal roof cornice that follows the projecting bay, and otherwise matches the one at No. 163. The west elevation of the building is faced in dark-tan stucco, and has a few double- and single-windows.
All of the row houses have been divided into apartments, mostly in the mid-1900s.
No. 145 at the east end is painted light-grey and has its stoop replaced by a ground-level entrance on the left, down a step from the sidewalk, with a red wooden door in a black stone surround topped by a broken pediment. The two single-windows to the right have iron grilles. The original parlor-floor entrance is replaced by a wide single-window in a delicate molding, and is framed by simple pilasters with elongated brackets decorated with an intricate foliate pattern, carrying a simple entablature and cornice that caps the parlor floor. The two single-windows to the right are subtly framed by keys, except for their upper portions, which have a beveled molding with a similar pattern, also extending down onto the top of the pilaster between the windows. The upper floors have triple-windows separated by wide, engaged colonnettes at the 2nd floor (with quarter-colonnettes at the ends. The facade is crowned by a grey metal roof cornice with brackets and a foliate frieze.
No. 147 has been refaced and painted beige, with most of its detailing shaved off. It also has a ground-level entrance on the left, down a step from the sidewalk, with a black wood-and-glass door. To the right is a 2-story projecting bay of three windows with sharply-angled sides; the end windows are edges by subtle keys, and the bay is capped by a white metal cornice at the parlor floor. The original parlor-floor entrance on the left is replaced by a single-window. The upper floors have three bays of single-windows, and the facade is crowned by a black metal roof cornice that matches the one on No. 145.
No. 149 is painted light-brown. Its stoop is replaced by a ground-level entrance on the right, down a step from the sidewalk, with a black wood-and-glass door in a black stone surround. The original parlor-floor entrance is replaced by a wide single-windows, and the ornament around it matches that at No. 145, as does the rest of the basement level. To the left the parlor floor has another wide single-window with a thin, patterned molding around the top. The upper floors match those at No. 145, and the facade is topped by a high parapet with a metal coping, as the roof cornice has been removed.
No. 151 is painted white, and has its stoop replaced by a ground-level entrance on the left, down a couple steps from the sidewalk, with a black wood-and-glass door framed by fluted pilasters; to the right are two single-windows with iron grilles. The original parlor-floor entrance is replaced by a wide, round-arched single-window with an iron grille and a leaded-glass fanlight. To the right is a segmental-arched double-window also with a leaded-glass fanlight. Both are framed by rough-faced surrounds with keystones. The next floor has two single-windows in simple surrounds, topped by a thin lintel and wide, shallow-arched, rounded pediment with a sunburst. The top floor has three round-arched single-windows with keystones, and the facade is capped by a plain parapet with a stone coping replacing the original roof cornice.
No. 153 is painted light-brown and is a mirror-image of No. 151, but retaining its parlor-floor entrance, with paneled wooden double-doors and green wood-and-glass outer doors below a fanlight. A high, metal stoop with concrete steps replaces the original. There are metal railings across the top-floor windows, and the facade is crowned by a black metal roof cornice with dentils and a frieze with a swirling pattern.
No. 155 is painted a medium brown and has a high, narrow stoop on the left, with short iron handrails topping the low sidewalls; the sides of the stoop below the sidewalls are rough-faced, and there is a gated basement entry in the east side. The parlor-floor entrance has wood-and-glass double-doors below a transom, set in a simple molding with dentils along the top. Another molding with dentils at the top frames the two single-windows to the right, and there are two basement windows with iron grilles. The upper floors have three bays of single-windows; they are separated by fluted pilasters at the 2nd floor, with tulip capitals. The facade is crowned by a black metal roof cornice with an elaborate leafy pattern.
No. 157 is painted white and mirrors the design of No. 155, but with the stoop replaced by a ground-level entrance on the right, down a step from the sidewalk, with a black wood-and-glass door. The two single-windows to the left have white iron grilles. The original parlor-floor entrance is replaced by a single-window, and the roof cornice is painted white.
No. 159 is painted light-brown and repeats the design of No. 151. The ground-level entrance is down a step from the sidewalk and has a black wood-and-glass door flanked by thin, fluted, orange-painted pilasters with an orange entablature on top. Only the basement windows have grilles. The roof cornice has been removed, replaced by a tall parapet of red-orange stucco with a metal coping.
No. 161 is a mirror image of No. 159, including the entrance and roof parapet.
No. 163 is painted a medium brown, and repeats the design of No. 155. The entrance has glass-and-wood double-doors and a transom, and the stoop is a replacement, with iron handrails instead of sidewalls. The roof cornice is painted black.
No. 165 at the west end is painted tan. Its stoop matches No. 163's and shares a middle railing. The parlor-floor entrance has a paneled wood-and-glass door and sidelight and is covered by a rounded, red canvas canopy bearing the name "The Westcove". Above the upper floors have very small, square windows in this bay. To the left is a boldly-projecting bay with a sharply-angled side that has wider windows. They have iron grilles on the basement and parlor floors. The facade is crowned by a red metal roof cornice that follows the projecting bay, and otherwise matches the one at No. 163. The west elevation of the building is faced in dark-tan stucco, and has a few double- and single-windows.
All of the row houses have been divided into apartments, mostly in the mid-1900s.
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Coordinates: 40°47'35"N 73°58'11"W
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