The Beaumont Apartments, 730 Riverside Drive, Manhattan. Image Credit: LPC.
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Residents, local cultural organizations, and preservationists testified in support of designation of ornate Arts & Crafts-style apartment building; owners deny any architectural significance. On June 18, 2013, the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a hearing on the potential individual landmark designation of the Beaumont Apartments, at 730 Riverside Drive at the corner of 150th Street, in Harlem. The building was constructed in 1912-1913 to the designs of George and Edward Blum, French-born architects specializing in apartment buildings. The eleven-story structure features a wide array of decorative brickwork and terra cotta ornament above its two-story limestone base, including foliated terra-cotta bandcourses and octagonal panels with birds in high relief. U.S. Representative Jacob Javits and singer Marian Anderson were tenants of the building, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man, was also a long-time resident.
