House of the Day: 920 President Street

It’s been a while since we’ve seen a prime Park Slope brownstone with all the trimmings, and 920 President Street is massive and lavish and on a park block. One of a row of 14, the Neo-Grec/Romanesque Revival house was built in 1899 by architect and developer Patrick Sheridan, according to the designation report.

It has every over-the-top high-Victorian detail of the period, including a grand entry, two staircases, insane amounts of wood work, and elaborate built-ins. In addition to the usual parlors, there is a library, an original bathroom (with corner marble sink, hex porcelain tiles, stained glass window and claw foot bath), an original sink in one of the passthroughs, and wood mantels with colorful original tile.

The floor plan shows a triplex over a duplex duplex over a triplex, with the owner’s kitchen located in the extension on the parlor floor and bedrooms on the garden floor. The kitchen isn’t pictured, except for a glimpse through a door and on the floor plan; it looks a little skimpy but nice, and the room has stained glass windows and other original details. We spy a few missing tiles in the original bathroom, but nothing that wouldn’t be easy to fix. The triplex’s kitchen is located on the hidden fifth floor, which has been opened up.

The house appears to have been in the same family since at least 1969. Do you think they will get their ask of $4,999,995?

920 President Street [Corcoran] GMAP