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Renaissance Revival House With Marble Facade in Stuy Heights Asks $1.65 Million

This is a home of rare distinction — it’s one of only a handful of marble-fronted townhouses in Brooklyn. At 326A Decatur Street, in the Stuy Heights Historic District, it sits in the middle of a row of three such houses, all built circa 1886 by architect John C. Bushfield.

Brooklyn Homes for Sale in Bedford Stuyvesant at 326A Decatur Street

by Chris Erikson

08/22/2016 3 minute 0

“Architectural gems,” we called them, in a 2013 Building of the Day writeup.

Behind that wondrous facade is an interior with some fetching details — at least that’s true of the front parlor, one of few areas pictured in the listing. It’s got a fireplace with a slate mantel, stained glass window transoms, and original woodwork and moldings.

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It’s a three-family house with four stories, configured with a lower duplex (with kitchens on both floors, oddly) and one-bedroom apartments on the upper floors, with the bedrooms in front. It looks like it ought to be simple enough to convert to a triplex with a garden rental.

The kitchen could use an upgrade. Nothing else is pictured, except the staircase; likely other work is needed.

This was a House of the Day in 2013, when it was listed for $1.25 million; it sold quickly, for $150,000 over the ask. Listed now by Ban Leow and Howard Ramlal of Halstead, it now wants $1.65 million.

Oddly enough, the listing uses the exact same photos as the 2013 listing — which suggests the previous buyer hasn’t done much with the place. What do you think of it?

[Listing: 326A Decatur Street | Broker: Halstead] GMAP