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Clinton Hill Anglo-Italianate Brick House With Marble Mantel, Winding Stair Asks $2 Million

This compact brick house, one of a row of three, has all the hallmarks of the Anglo-Italianate style: Low stoop, narrow width, curving details and a winding center staircase.

by Cate Corcoran

08/04/2021 3 minute 0

This compact brick house, one of a row of three, has all the hallmarks of the Anglo-Italianate style: Low stoop, narrow width, curving details and a winding center staircase.

In the hands of the same family since at least the early 1970s, 68 St. James Place in the Clinton Hill Historic District appears to be largely unaltered, though in estate condition. Inside are wood floors, a carved white marble mantel and high ceilings.

While there is no floor plan included with the listing nor any photos of bathrooms, the single-family house is currently set up as an owner’s triplex under a top-floor apartment. Likely built in the 1860s, the house measures 14 by 40 feet, according to PropertyShark.

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A circa 1930s kitchen is located in the parlor floor’s narrow front room, most likely originally a formal parlor or reception room for visitors. The house’s imposing central stair separates it from the dining room across the hall.

Occupying the house’s expansive rear parlor, the dining room has built-in shelves for dishes behind what may have originally been pocket doors.

Upstairs is a large bedroom running the full width of the house. It has the aforementioned marble mantel, moldings and wood floors. The photos also show another bedroom under the dormer windows of the attic story.

In 1898, a monkey caused a stir when it slipped into No. 72 at the other end of the row, Brownstone Detectives relates. Like its neighbors, No. 68 has a mansard roof, dormer windows and cornice with dentil molding, as well as an arched door surround, and is little changed since its historic tax photo.

An open house is scheduled for Saturday, August 7 from 11:30 a.m.to noon (by appointment). Listed by Shakira CoPenny of Douglas Elliman, the property is priced at $2 million. Do you think it will get ask?

[Listing: 68 Saint James Place | Broker: Douglas Elliman] GMAP