Audubon Park Historic District

Like the Vauxhall and Rhinecleff Court, the Kanawah has a recessed entry, reached through a deep courtyard, in this instance, elevated several steps from the street.  The courtyard divides the symmetrical façade into two sections (eastern section fully visible in photo).  Repeating that pattern on a smaller scale, a recessed fire escape then divides each of those two sections into symmetrical halves.   Tan brick upper floors rise from a smooth limestone first floor.  Beveled quoins at the second floor windows softly echo the beveled corner pilasters that rise from floors two through five, above which is a projecting cornice below the windows to the sixth floor.  Stepped lintels on the sixth floor windows complement the stepped parapet above, while the central beveled piers at the roofline elaborate the decorative stone lintels on the windows at the third, fourth and fifth storey windows.

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Kanawah Court (614 West 157th Street)

Kanawah Court recessed entry courtyard.