House of the Day: Grand Dahlander-Designed Stuy Heights Limestone Dripping With Detail

If it’s elegant brownstone detailing you’re after look no further — this Stuyvesant Heights limestone at 234 Decatur Street is swimming in it. Designed by famous 19th century Swedish architect Magnus Dahlander and built in 1897, it’s jam packed with elaborate woodwork, as well as moldings, plaster detailing, tin ceilings, mantels, mirrors, stained glass, wainscoting, parquet floors, pocket doors and built-in cabinets.

Sited on a lovely block in the Stuyvesant Heights historic district, the four-story house is set up with an apartment on each floor. While most of it appears to be in excellent condition, at least the ground-floor dining room needs a little polishing.

Buyers who want to create an owner’s duplex or triplex will need to reconfigure, of course.

There’s an extension on the parlor and garden floors, roughly 19 feet by 14. At the moment, the only garden access is through the bottom apartment.

All the scrollwork and detailing will be a bit regal for some buyers — not everyone fancies living in the Bed Stuy equivalent of the Taj Mahal. But if this kind of thing makes your knees weak, this place demands a look. And it’s well located — close to shops, restaurants and the A/C trains at Utica Avenue.

Douglas Elliman brokers Terry Robison and Teshawna Graham have the listing. What do you think of the place, and the ask of $2,420,000?

234 Decatur Street [Douglas Elliman] GMAP