Historic Zoning Commission

Individual Landmark:

12-D-03-HZ

Applicant Request

Replace added door under front steps on west side with new door and sidelights to fill existing opening.

Site Info

South (primary) façade: Two story, three bay brick building with marble quoins and a raised basement and flat roof. Square and ocular attic vent windows with marble surrounds. Projecting metal cornice above second story with plqain square brackets and pressed metal cornice with egg and dart molding and motif of raised circles with enclosed crosses, typical of Baumann and Baumann designed buildings. Extended central bay with two story pedimented portico emphasizing primary elevation, ornamented with ocular attic window, four round Bedford limestone columns on large rectangular Bedford limestone plinths with recessed panels that are bordered with egg and dart molding, Doric capitals on columns. Pierced stone balustrade and marble steps with extended marble buttresses flanking the steps and supporting flour globe cast iron light fixtures. Metal ceiling. Green and white on terra cotta encaustic tile floor with a Greek fret border. Deeply recessed front entry with double doors under an entablature with Greek Fret and egg and dart embellished cornice.

The current enclosure was constructed after the date of eligibility for listing, sometime in the late 1960s or 1970s.