Building of the Day: 443 Clinton Avenue
The BOTD is a no-frills look at interesting structures of all types and from all neighborhoods. There will be old, new, important, forgotten, public, private, good and bad. Whatever strikes our fancy. We hope you enjoy. Address: 443 Clinton Avenue, between Gates and Greene. Name: Originally the William H. Burger House Neighborhood: Clinton Hill (Clinton…
The BOTD is a no-frills look at interesting structures of all types and from all neighborhoods. There will be old, new, important, forgotten, public, private, good and bad. Whatever strikes our fancy. We hope you enjoy.
Address: 443 Clinton Avenue, between Gates and Greene.
Name: Originally the William H. Burger House
Neighborhood: Clinton Hill (Clinton Hill Historic District)
Year Built: 1902
Architectural Style: Neo-Jacobean
Architects: Hobart A. Walker
Landmarked: Yes
Why chosen: The fluted and banded Tuscan columns catch your attention, but the more you look at this house, you realized that there is a lot going on here. The house could almost be mistaken for two rowhouses, each slightly different. The gables are deceptively different, but both sides are tied together by the balconies, decorative ornament and keystones. The side features an attractive bay on the second floor, and beautiful brickwork throughout. The Clinton Hill Historic District designation report calls the style Neo-Jacobean, and notes that the house was built for stockbroker William H. Burger. Clinton Ave, was, of course, THE street to be on during the Gilded Age, and this house is a fine example of the imaginative and eclectic architecture that flourished during that period for those who could afford the best.
tinarina, I must have missed the border crossing between Clinton Hill and Bed-Stuy for the Lafayette houses.
As far as the deleterious effects of projects go, its the same as if they are in Clinton Hill.
An old woman who lived in the first Clinto Hill building I lived i told me she came from Austria as a teen to be nanny for a well to do family and never left. She said in the 1920’s there was a velvet cordon across the corner of Washington and Dekalb, and a guard would ask who you were visiting before you were allowed on the block.
I’d love to have this verified.
I call this the “Facts of Life” house.
there’s nothing in the interior of this mansion. saw all the units when the condos were up for sale. finishes were ok but saw no original details in there
There aren’t any projects in Clinton Hill. Whitman/Ingersoll Houses are in Fort Greene, and Lafayette Houses, while nearby, are in Bed-Stuy.
The Navy Yard housing, now Clinton Hill Coops, were never considered projects. They look rather bland, but are pretty nice apartments.
Ditto;
Many of the projects in CH were built during WWII. They were not built as typical projects. Rather, they were built to house the workers for the nearby bustling Navy Yard.
When were the projects built in Clinton Hill?
beautiful.
Not too many neo-Jacobeans around.
Love the entrance.
“Clinton Ave, was, of course,THE street to be on during the Gilded Age” —some Brownstoner’s would say it is THE street to be on today.