House of the Day: 287 Dekalb Avenue
OMG this place is awesome! This 1905 1889 Romanesque Revival house at 287 Dekalb Avenue has some of the sickest original detail we’ve ever seen in Clinton Hill. The house, which appears to have been in the same family for over three decades, was designed by Montrose Morris, we learned from the LPC designation report…
OMG this place is awesome! This 1905 1889 Romanesque Revival house at 287 Dekalb Avenue has some of the sickest original detail we’ve ever seen in Clinton Hill. The house, which appears to have been in the same family for over three decades, was designed by Montrose Morris, we learned from the LPC designation report on the Clinton Hill Historic District. Here’s some more from that report: “Nos. 285-289 form one of the outstanding rows in Brooklyn…They were designed in such a way as to give the effect of one large mansion. The facades of these buildings display the textural and chromatic contrasts that are a hallmark of Romanesque Revival style buildings.” The asking price is $2,250,000. We are very jealous of whoever gets to buy this place!
287 Dekalb Avenue [Halstead] GMAP P*Shark
By Brownstones Half Off on September 1, 2010 1:54 PM
Alright. Everybody just calm down.
Per PShark…
“Lis Pendens filed n/a 8/11/2009 Hide details
Judgement Expires 8/11/2012
Book Lis Pendens
Document Type Specific Performance
Index number 20299/09
Debtor Henry Royston
Creditor Smithmarcia A”
YOU’RE AN ASSHOLE, BHO. IT SAYS NO SUCH THING.
It looks like the Court transfered to the heirs after a death in settlement of the estate.
“Exterior is beautiful.”
Well we know this ISN’T paraphrasing what benson’s wife says about him.
Kidding, benson
🙂
People this doesn’t look like a home – it looks like an orphanage. I hate dark wood – scares the crap out of me. It is grand and frightening.
Oh, sorry, Montrose, didn’t see your 2:02.
Anyone recognize the wallpaper in the organ room? I need some for my hallway.
Thanks MM, thought so. By 1905 the materials palette and stylistic trends were quite different.
The woodwork is unbelievably great. Whoever buys this is buying a piece of American history. I hope they appreciate that fact.
If this IS lis pendens like BHO says, it’s the first one I;’ve ever seen that is nice. That would be a crime if they took out some giant adjustable rate HELOC on this thing and lost it.
PLUS wasn’t Montrose dead by 1905?
By benson on September 1, 2010 2:03 PM
I’d be depressed if I had to look at those interiors when I come home in the evening.
Stop paraphrasing what your wife says about you.
Also, not a chance in heck this place was built in 1905. Try more like 1885. Those romanesque arches, not to mention all the other details and the style of the fireplaces, give it away.