West Side Montessori School (New York City, New York)

 school, Georgian (architecture)

This residence was designed by Charles A. Rich and built in 1905 in a Georgian Revival style. This five-story red brick house with limestone trim is fifty feet wide. The American basement type entrance, at the center, emphasized by a limestone portico with Ionic columns supporting a balcony above, contains the original oak and glass arched double doors. Three-sided metal oriels with leaded transoms flank the entrance. Limestone newel posts with ball finials flank the limestone steps, and stone walls supporting the original wrought-iron fence with cast finials and brick posts enclose the areaway. One basement window at the east retains its original wrought-iron grille. The second and third stories each have five window openings with limestone sills, splayed lintels, and keystones, containing six-over-one double-hung wood sash windows. The dentiled iron cornice above features mutule blocks. The gabled roof contains three pedimented dormers ornamented with carved wooden festoons. The roofline is capped by a cast-stone balustrade.

In 1923, the rooftop addition was created to house a recreation room. It is now a school.