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1906 Altora Residence Club 616 West 116th Street
– near Riverside Drive
Located in the Morningside Heights Historic District designated 21 February 2017
Formerly the Fiora-ville/Fioraville or Paterno per Apartment Houses of the Metropolis (scroll down to see illustration)
– referred to as Fiora-Ville by Dolkart page 351
– appears to read as Flora Ville on map (see below)
– Perhaps “The Paterno Apartments” referred to both the Altora Residence Club and Porter Arms collectively in the Record & Guide reference page below.
Currently a dormitory on the Barnard College campus. (source)
1906
962
$400,000.00
116th st, s s, 250 w Broadway two 10-sty brk and stone apartment houses, 75˙83.6
OWNER / OWNER ADDRESS
(o) Paterno Bros, Inc / (o) 557 W 183d [183rd] st COMMENTS
ARCHITECT / ARCHITECT ADDRESS
(a) Schwartz & Gross / (a) 35 W 21st st (source)
616 West 116th Street (aka 614-618 West 116th Street) ( Altora Residence Club )
Borough of Manhattan Tax Map Block 1896, Lot 80
Date(s): 1906-07 (NB 962-1906)
Architect(s) / Builder(s): Schwartz & Gross
Owner(s) / Developer(s): Paterno Bros.
Type: Apartment building
Style(s): Beaux Arts with alterations
Stories: 10
Material(s): Red brick; limestone; terra-cotta
Status: Contributing
History, Significance and Notable Characteristics
Porter Arms and Altora Residence Club are Beaux Arts style apartment buildings designed by the firm of Schwartz & Gross and built in 1906-07 for the Paterno Brothers, prolific apartment house builders in Morningside Heights between 1898 and 1924. Altora Residence Club is a tenstory red brick, limestone, and terra-cotta apartment building with ornamental feature characteristic of the Beaux Arts style including a wide stone stoop, two-story rusticated base with two-story arched main entrance, transitional story with decorative banding and keyed window surrounds, upper stories with stone and terra-cotta details such as bracketed sills, lintels with sculpted keystones, band courses and an attic story with arched windows, ornate spandrel panels, and bracketed cornice.
Alterations
West 116th Street Facade: Cornice removed; main entrance door replaced; non-historic light fixtures and metal numerals at main entrance; windows replaced; electrical conduit piping at first-story; siamese piping at basement facade
East Facade (partially visible): Facade repointed and parged; windows replaced
Site
Sunken areaways with stone stairs, stone newel posts and wrought-iron railings and fencing
Sidewalk / Curb Materials
Concrete side walk with metal curb
References
N/A
(source)
