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Building Location
157 E. 63rd Street
Block 1398, Lot 28
Cross Streets: E. 63rd St. & Lexington Ave.
Building/Store Name:
Historic District: Contributing

Current Building Description
The entrance is on the sunken ground floor with decorative entablature and consoles above the door. Wrought iron rails are at the second floor windows. The window surrounds have been stripped. The cornice is interesting because it is not the usual Italianate cornice seen in this area with large brackets, instead it is Greek Revival with triglyph details along a frieze with dentil molding and the remaining projecting cornice above it.

Original Building Description
1 of 6 buildings; 1st class dwelling; 1 family house; brownstone; base + 3 stories; EC $11,000 cmpd 12/11/1869


Building Information
Building Use	Residential
Other Use
Number Of Floors	5
Building Materials	brownstone, painted
Date Of Construction	1869
NB Number	698-69
OriginalStyle	Neo-Grec/Italianate
Original Architect	Wm. H. Hoffman
Original Developer	Gideon Fountain
Original Owner	Gideon Fountain
Original Owner Occupation
Date Of Present Facade	1919
Present Style	none
Architect Present Style	Walker & Gillette
Owner At Time	Mrs. Frederick R. Childs
Survey Date	2/2002
Other Information

Windows
Historic Windows?	No
Double Hung	Yes
Number Of Panes	1
Over	1
Casement	No
Tilt And Turn	Yes
Other
Window Material	aluminum
Property Records	No
Census Records	No
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