215 East 10th Street | Block : 452 | Lot #50

Building Date : 1891
Original Use : Residential

Original Owner : Fay Stacom
Original Architect : Charles Rentz

Description & Building Alterations

The two tenements at 213 and 215 East 10th Street were erected together in 1891. They were designed by architect Charles Rentz, who also designed Webster Hall. The two buildings share identical facade elements despite being different building heights.

No. 215 is six stories high and features a bracketed cornice with a paneled frieze, floral decorated window surrounds at the fifth and sixth stories, balconettes at the fifth story with cubic carvings beneath, molded arches at the fourth story, figural keystones, ornate panels, and quoins flanking the side windows of the second and third stories. There is a molded cornice above the first story, acanthus ornaments over the second-floor windows, masks at the keystones of the segmental-arched windows of the third floor, and cherubs in the spandrels of the arched windows of the fourth floor. The entrance is flanked by incised pilasters with lion head carvings at the top supporting a molded entablature.

Block : 452 / Lot : 050 / Building Date : 1891 / Original Owner : Fay Stacom / Original Use : Residential / Original Architect : Charles Rentz

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