Brooklyn Heights

Brooklyn Heights Wood Frame Charmer With Wood Burning Fireplaces, Central Air Asks $9.95 Million

One of the picturesque wood frames of Brooklyn Heights is on the market for the first time in decades and in addition to its exterior charm it has a location on one of the area’s fruit streets and counts Plymouth Church as a neighbor.

by Susan De Vries

12/19/2022 4 minute 0

One of the picturesque wood frames of Brooklyn Heights is on the market for the first time in decades and in addition to its exterior charm, it has a location on one of the area’s fruit streets and counts Plymouth Church as a neighbor. Within the Brooklyn Heights Historic District, 69 Orange Street also has some interior details like mantels, wood floors and a newel post that reflect a few different eras in the over 190 year history of the dwelling.

Built circa 1829, the almost 25-foot-wide house got a makeover in the mid 19th century, giving it a fashionable mansard roof with bracketed cornice and dormers. There was also once a bay above a front portico that is visible in a 1920s photograph, but was removed in the 1930s by new owners.

Just one lot separates the house and the historic Plymouth Church. Another frame house filled that property until the early 20th century; now it is home to the Plymouth Bell and a garden space owned by the church. No. 69 and its 19th century residents Henry L. and Frances Stoughton Pratt had a connection to the church and Henry Ward Beecher, as Brownstoner columnist Suzanne Spellen explored in a history of the house.

The compact single-family has the kitchen and dining room in their traditional spots on the garden level, double parlors above and two bedrooms, a den and a full bath on each of the upper two floors. The house has many charming features visible in photos in a previous version of this listing.

There is a glimpse of the entry with an early newel post while the wood floors with inlaid borders are from a later period. The front and rear parlors both have marble mantels, likely dating from the 19th century remodel of the house. The listing indicates that five of the fireplaces in the house are in working order.

Another marble mantel can be found in the dining room while the garden-facing kitchen has a brick fireplace. While there is only a partial view of the space that shows a fetching decorative vintage stove and some wood cabinets, the floor plan shows the modern kitchen includes a dishwasher.

The wood floors extend up to the bedrooms on the second and third floors. Only one of the 2.5 baths in the house is shown and it has a claw foot tub, bead board and a marble sink. Laundry is located on the second floor.

Upgrades to the house include central air. There is an enclosed rear garden shown in virtually staged images.

Monica Luque of Douglas Elliman has the listing, and the house is priced at $9.95 million. Worth the ask?

[Listing: 69 Orange Street | Broker: Douglas Elliman] GMAP