House of the Day: 728A Macon Street
This late (circa 1895) Romanesque Revival house at 728A Macon Street has some of the most prettiest fireplaces we have ever seen, all with Minton tile and Aesthetic Movement wood details. There are also tons of other original details, including the original wood floors, staircase, pocket doors, shutters, stained glass, and so on. It also…
This late (circa 1895) Romanesque Revival house at 728A Macon Street has some of the most prettiest fireplaces we have ever seen, all with Minton tile and Aesthetic Movement wood details. There are also tons of other original details, including the original wood floors, staircase, pocket doors, shutters, stained glass, and so on.
It also has a lot of curb appeal with its brownstone and redstone exterior, black window casings, and all its other exterior details intact.
All the mechanicals are new, as are the kitchens and baths. It’s set up as a rental over an owner’s duplex with the kitchen on the parlor floor and the bedrooms on the garden level. It’s close to Saratoga Park and an open house is scheduled for Thursday from 5:30 to 7 pm.
The house is somewhat narrow at 17 feet and on the small side with only 2,295 square feet of space. It last sold for $415,000 in 2004. Now the ask is $1,350,000. Do you think they will get it?
728A Macon Street [Halstead] GMAP
$1.35mm?! I almost fell out of my chair laughing. That price for a 3 story brownstone in bed stuy east is way beyond the market. The house looks like its a 16 footer only. Good luck to the brokers!!
Not to quibble, but that door in the last photo sure does look like it’s hung upside down.
Cate is just being adorable.
I found “American Art Tile, 1876-1941” by Norman Karlson to be especially helpful in my research. For original sales catalogues and advertisements from the era, the Pratt Institute has an excellent library for such material.
Having done some research a few years ago for my own house, the tiles look like they were produced by the J&J Low Art Tile Company of Chelsea, Massachusetts. Tiffany Studios tiles are also common in houses of this vintage in Brooklyn. Both were retailed in Brooklyn when this house was built.
Though Minton set the trend for tile fireplace surrounds, by 1885 there were nearly 30 american tile companies producing copies and then original designs, often with British designers lured over from England.