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1924
599
$1,000,000.00
WEST END AV, 861-69 16-sty bk apt, slag rf, 120˙100
OWNER / OWNER ADDRESS
(o) 865 West End Av Corp., Joseph Paterno, Pres / (o) 601 W 115 COMMENTS
ARCHITECT / ARCHITECT ADDRESS
(a) Rosario Candella / (a) 200 W 72 (source)
1924 865 West End Avenue
– Michael A. Campagna Treasurer; advertised with 425 Riverside Drive original ad NY Times 12/10/1925; Columbia University campus (Kelley Paterno page 286)
Located in Riverside – West End Historic District Extension II designated 23 June 2015
WEST END AVENUE DOCUMENTATION Survey 2008
Address: 865 West End Avenue, northwest corner West 102nd Street
Block / Lot: 1890/15
NB Number: 599-24 Date: 1924
Original Use: Apartment House No. of units:
Stories: 16 Height: 180’
Estimated Cost: $1,000,000
Façade Materials: main material brick base limestone lower floors brick trim terra cotta cornice terra cotta
Structure: steel
Original Owner: 865 West End Avenue Corporation, Joseph Paterno, president, 601 West 115th Street
Architect: Rosario Candela, 200 West 72nd Street
Landmark Status: None
Comments: A Neo-Classical style building with ornament derived from American Colonial precedents. The building has a limestone base with red brick above trimmed with terra cotta that has been glazed white in imitation of limestone or marble. The Neo-Classical features include an entrance with Corinthian pilasters and a swan’s-neck pediment, a lattice beltcourse, splayed lintels, lintels ornamented with bowls of fruit, blind fans, and rosettes. Joseph Paterno placed his initials in a cartouche over the entrance. (source)
Daytonian in Manhattan post Rosario Candela’s 1925 865 West End Avenue
