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1925 800 West End Avenue
Featured in Andrew Alpern’s book The New York Apartment Houses of Rosario Candela and James Carpenter page 334
Located in Riverside – West End Historic District Extension II designated 23 June 2015
Architect Rosario Candela; Builder Onretap Corporation 2300 Broadway; Anthony A. Paterno President; John Pelletier Secretary – Southeast corner 99th Street (Alpern Acanthus page 334)
WEST END AVENUE DOCUMENTATION Survey 2008
Address: 800 West End Avenue, southeast corner West 99th Street
Block / Lot: 1870/4
NB Number: 261-25 Date: 1925
Original Use: Apartment House No. of units:
Stories: 15 Height: 175’
Estimated Cost: $1,000,000
Façade Materials: main material brick base limestone lower floors brick trim limestone cornice metal
Structure: steel
Original Owner: Onretop Corporation, Anthony Paterno, president, 2300 Broadway
Architect: Rosario Candela, 200 West 72nd Street
Landmark Status: None
Comments: Anthony Paterno and his architect, Rosario candela, planned this large, but simple, NeoRenaissance style beige brick building with six apartments on a typical floor, ranging from three to seven rooms. A shield over the entrance is emblazoned with the AP initials of Anthony Paterno.
Bibliography: Alpern, Andrew, The New York Apartment Houses of Rosario Candela and James Carpenter (New York: Acanthus Press, 2001), 334-35. (source)
800 West End Avenue
Date: 1925-26
NB Number: NB 261-1925
Type: Apartment Building
Architect: Candela, Rosario
Developer/Owner/Builder: Onretop Corp., Anthony A. Paterno, Pres.
NYC Landmarks Designation: Historic District
Landmark Designation Report: Riverside Drive– West End Historic District Extension II
National Register Designation: N/A
Primary Style: Classical Revival
Primary Facade: Brick and Stone
Stories: 15
Historic District: Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II
Significant Architectural Features: Stone base; entrance incorporating second story windows with pilasters, cartouche with Paterno cipher, and cornucopias; door surround with leafand-tongue molding; metal-and-glass door; balustraded balconies; windows at balconies with full molded surrounds; windows at 15th story with full surrounds and swagdecorated spandrels; modillioned cornice with frieze of alternating fleur-de-lis and lion heads
Alterations: Marquee; lights; remote utility meter; perforated vent; siamese connection
Site Features: Pipe; fence; gate
West Facade: Designed (historic, painted, patched)
Door(s): Possibly historic primary door
Windows: Replaced (upper stories); replaced (basement)
Security Grilles: Not historic (upper stories); possibly historic (basement)
Cornice: Historic
Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete
Curb Material(s): Stone
Areaway Wall/Fence Materials: Metal
North Facade: Designed (historic)
Facade Notes: Similar to primary facade; entrance with swag decorated lintel; possibly historic metal-and-glass door; windows replaced; facade patched, painted; pipe; non-historic grilles; siamese hydrant; concrete sidewalk; concrete curb with metal edge
South Facade: Not designed (historic) (partially visible)
Facade Notes: Brick, patched, repointed; windows replaced; conduits; camera; service area with concrete ramp with metal railing; cables
East Facade: Not designed (historic) (partially visible)
Facade Notes: Brick; windows replaced; non-historic grille (source)
800 West End Avenue (aka 790-804 West End Avenue; 262-270 West 99th Street)
Borough of Manhattan Tax Map Block 1870, Lot 4
Date: 1925-26 (NB 261-1925)
Architect/Builder: Rosario Candela
Original Owner: Onretop Corp., Anthony A. Paterno, Pres.
Type: Apartment building
Style: Classical Revival
Stories: 15
Material(s): Stone; brick
Significant Architectural Features: Stone base; entrance incorporating second story windows with pilasters, cartouche with Paterno cipher, and cornucopias; door surround with leafand-tongue molding; metal-and-glass door; balustraded balconies; windows at balconies with full molded surrounds; windows at 15th story with full surrounds and swagdecorated spandrels; modillioned cornice with frieze of alternating fleur-de-lis and lion heads
Alterations: Marquee; lights; remote utility meter; perforated vent; siamese connection
Site Features: Pipe; fence; gate
West Facade: Designed (historic, painted, patched)
Door(s): Possibly historic primary door
Windows: Replaced (upper stories); replaced (basement)
Security Grilles: Not historic (upper stories); possibly historic (basement)
Cornice: Historic
Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete
Curb Material(s): Stone
Areaway Wall/Fence Materials: Metal
North Facade: Designed (historic)
Facade Notes: Similar to primary facade; entrance with swag decorated lintel; possibly historic metal-and-glass door; windows replaced; facade patched, painted; pipe; non-historic grilles; siamese hydrant; concrete sidewalk; concrete curb with metal edge
South Facade: Not designed (historic) (partially visible)
Facade Notes: Brick, patched, repointed; windows replaced; conduits; camera; service area with concrete ramp with metal railing; cables
East Facade: Not designed (historic) (partially visible)
Facade Notes: Brick; windows replaced; non-historic grille (source)
1925
261
$1,000,000.00
WEST END AV, 790-804 15-sty bk apt, slag rf, 124˙100
OWNER / OWNER ADDRESS
(o) Onretop Corp., Anthony A. Paterno, Pres / (o) 2300 Bway COMMENTS
ARCHITECT / ARCHITECT ADDRESS
(a) Rosario Candela / (a) 200 W 72d [72nd] (source)
