House of the Day: 621 3rd Street
This new listing at 621 3rd Street in Park Slope was an Open House Pick last week but seems worthy of its own HOTD treatment to us. We’re loving all the original details, which appear to be in excellent shape, though one commenter on Friday’s thread wasn’t loving the period kitchen. The asking price for…
This new listing at 621 3rd Street in Park Slope was an Open House Pick last week but seems worthy of its own HOTD treatment to us. We’re loving all the original details, which appear to be in excellent shape, though one commenter on Friday’s thread wasn’t loving the period kitchen. The asking price for the 20-by-50-foot limestone house is $3,300,000. Think it’s possible? It is, after all, located on a park block, and a particularly grand one at that.
621 3rd Street [Halstead] GMAP P*Shark
Looked on google images. Still can’t tell, not from the listing picture anyway. But also, this type was there through those there decades, though I’m sure there are differences I’m not picking up.
My mother’s house –1919– had a replacement sink like this. She, I think, thought it was 50s, but not late 50s.
Where is a sink historian when you need one?
Probably in a snow cave out in the street somewhere….
“Nomi, now I’m coming back, realizing maybe that is a 50s sink?” (mopar)
Yeah, it’s not a farmhouse sink, is it. I don’t know if it’s 30s, 40s or 50s…
I’m a big fan of original kitchens as well. The sink could be as early as 1930s I’d guess, not being able to see the faucet and under-sink cabinet clearly. 1910s-20s sinks were similar but often on legs or wood cabinets with the space under the sink open “for hygiene”. Linoleum was a popular flooring because it cleans easily, is durable, and is easier on the body than tile, which had the additional negative of being more expensive. Linoleum was a vast improvement over raw wood floors, the common kitchen flooring used before, which required daily scrubbing and sweeping and was probably always a bit grungy considering the food and grease bits that typically find their way to the kitchen floor, especially before the days of stove exhaust. Authentic kitchens from this era aren’t showplaces because it was a utility area used by servants, closed off from the rest of the house. But all in all the kitchen has maintained the spirit of the era which is very rare and exciting to see.
we’re on kind of a roll with estate sales lately, no?
Nomi, now I’m coming back, realizing maybe that is a 50s sink? If so, I might look for an older one. Also I think I see bead board wainscott, not sure. This kitchen would be so cute with a few tweaks, would be just a shame to ruin it with new cupboards and granite.
We saw this last weekend. It really is a lovely house with great details that don’t need restoring, which is a rarity. You have to be okay with a small yard (patio really), a view of huge extensions in back, and a small kitchen unless you want to butcher the dining room to put in a bigger kitchen. Other than replacing or updating the kitchen and one of the baths, refinishing the floors, a skim coat on the ceilings, and converting the gas fireplaces if that is your thing, I didn’t think it needed a lot. Please do not buy this place if you don’t love the original detail (pass through vanities in original great shape), it would be heartbreaking.
“it’s now official, HOTD & COTD are now officially sales pitches” (more4less)
This doesn’t bother too much. I just like looking at the houses.
Though, I do admit to a little game I play now that Mr. B doesn’t say whether they are marketplace listings or not; I try to guess from his wording. And I’m gooooood. He does mix it up a bit though, because I’ve been wrong once or twice.
It really is a beautiful house, isn’t it. It’s so unpretentious.
I probably wouldn’t change too much either, besides the stove. Well, the floor maybe. And sometimes those old cupboard draws are not friendly, but maybe there’s a way to fix that.