House of the Day: 491 Henry Street
This ain’t no regular townhouse. 491 Henry Street is a Greek Revival mansion with 50 feet of frontage on Henry Street and old-school features to die for. The three-family home also has enough room in the rear to park four cars. It’s not entirely clear to us how many square feet the house is, but…
This ain’t no regular townhouse. 491 Henry Street is a Greek Revival mansion with 50 feet of frontage on Henry Street and old-school features to die for. The three-family home also has enough room in the rear to park four cars. It’s not entirely clear to us how many square feet the house is, but let’s hope there’s a lot given that the asking price for this puppy is $7,000,000, or almost twice what it would cost you to buy the Lamm Institute.
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I’m sure the new owner can sell the mantle on craigslist for some change.
It would have been a classically lined federal style without the columns and mirror. It would also have been painted. This is a large overbearing Victorian mantle. 1844 is on that cusp of Federal and Sheraton, a bit more Sheraton.
DIBS, is the mantle late 1800s? What would have been typical for 1844? A smaller marble one like you can see in one of the images?
I wonder if this was an old farmhouse when Cobble Hill was farms? Or maybe just a country house for wealthy people.
Good find, duckumu.
That’s got to be over 10,000 sq. ft. of house.
Hate the way it’s chopped up with the 2 rentals.
the best part of this house is the exterior renovation. check out the architect’s site for more pics: http://baxtingui.com/facades/fac-cobble.php — look @ the before pic!!
Price is a bit crazy, IMO. But a gorgeous house, and a BHS listing (not Halstead, as it says up there).
I agree with you BHS. It struck me as rather plain and too modern. That giant oak mantle is not of the correct period as this building.
This is for the discerning buyer who has an absurd amount of money, but doesn’t need the 14,000 sq ft afforded to them by the Lamm Institute property.