Colin C. Baker Duplex

Colin C. Baker Duplex

Colin C. Baker Duplex Photograph by Andrew Hope
1872. 243–245 Broadway

Alterations in the mansard spoil this otherwise impressive investment Second Empire duplex—although a side view reveals the nature of what was changed. Stacked two-storied, semipentagonal (almost semicircular) bays with tall, narrow windows between bracketed pilasters flank the double porch and its cascade of granite steps. Arches above the second-story windows make a transition to the deeply bracketed cornice and the (original) roll of the culminating dormers (with mini-gables between on the side elevations).

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