The Hartley Cooperative

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7-story Italian Renaissance cooperative-apartment building completed in 1900. clad in red brick above a 3-story limestone base. The building is prominently divided into two main wings by a narrow but deep light court in the middle of the east facade. The main entrance is near the south end of the north wing, atop five stone steps, with a metal-framed glass door and sidelights below a rounded, black canvas clamshell canopy.

The north and south wings otherwise match, both with a center bay of single-windows and outer bays of paired windows. The windows at the base have thin, intricate surrounds, and there is a narrow sill course below the 2nd floor; the base is capped by a band course with a rounded underside carved with wavy scrolls.

The upper floors are edged with terra-cotta quoins with plain blocks alternating with wider, elaborately decorated ones. The quoins extend onto the front edge of the light court, which is clad in brick even on the lower floors, painted light-grey at the rear wall. The light court has multiple bays of single-windows, and fire escapes on both the north- and south-facing walls.

On the front facade, there are stone surrounds at the 3rd-floor center bays that have alternating larger blocks of intricate ornament, and a patterned interior molding. Topping the surrounds are two large, acanthus-leaf console brackets and three much smaller brackets supporting a small, stone balcony that is elaborately decorated. Above, the 4th-floor window is framed by another patterned molding flanked by spiral columns and topped by a rounded pediment. The other windows at the 3rd, 5th, & 6th floors have flat lintels with intricately patterned upper edges and carved imposts; those at the paired-window bays join both windows. Between the 4th & 5th floors these windows have terra-cotta spandrels also carved with intricate ornament. The 7th floor is set off by a patterned band course and has round-arched windows with keyed stone surrounds. Both wings are crowned by brown metal roof cornices with modilions and ornamented friezes.

The north facade on West 109th Street has three single-windows on the east end, two single-windows flanking a smaller window in the middle, and three more single-windows plus a double-window end bay on the west end. All of the trim and ornament follows the design established on the east facade. There are two fire escapes.

The building was converted to an attended co-op in 1987, with 66 apartments. The exterior was restored by CTA Architects.

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