Impressive Makeover at 28 Jackson Place
[nggallery id=”48583″ template=galleryview] We;re quite smitten with this renovation that’s underway at 28 Jackson Place, a sweet little block tucked away in South Slope. The front facade is totally done and workers had just gotten started on the side wall when we went by. There’s a Property Shark picture of the home pre-renovation after the…
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We;re quite smitten with this renovation that’s underway at 28 Jackson Place, a sweet little block tucked away in South Slope. The front facade is totally done and workers had just gotten started on the side wall when we went by. There’s a Property Shark picture of the home pre-renovation after the jump.
denton, yes, this is precisely what restoration is.
One “restores” the building to a certain point in its history, say 1900, or in this case, 1875, or whatever.
BUT one can’t just make up the lost details. Proper restoration needs to be authenticated with old photos, old drawings, a twin building or similar work by the same architect or builder.
“Faux” is when someone tries to fake it by for instance making a modest building into something more grand than it ever was or tries to make it older than it is or mixes up periods and styles. It’s easy to get it wrong.
This particular project looks like the work of an experienced restoration architect, you can’t just wing a job like this even though it is quite simple really.
Supercute house. Not sure I agree with the “sweet little block” assessment of Jackson Place though. But if this place is a sign of things to come, then yes…
Denton: I daresay the tax photos from 1939-41 would tell the story but you can also refer to the many photo books of old New York/Brooklyn and you’ll see examples of clapboard houses with these simple details. The exterior of a woodframe building is so much easier to restore than a brownstone.
Wow, gorgeous. Anyone have any idea how much this kind of project would cost?
denton, most clapboard houses did have both a cornice and a more ornate treatment over the door as well as the fancier window casings.
minard and other experts, let me ask you a question… so, adding the cornice, and the thing over the door, is this a restoration? IOW, did these houses ever look like this? Or is this a faux improvement (not that I’m saying that’s bad).
Looks BEAUTIFUL!
I love these 2 story houses which have been done like this.
Since none of the neighboring buildings have cornices, I wonder what they looked like before the scourge of vinyl/aluminum siding hit the area. Is it possible that they all looked like this sometime in the past?
Biggest improvement for me is the larger wreath on the front door