House of the Day: 177 Winthrop Street
This circa-1900 Prospect Lefferts Gardens single-family house at 177 Winthrop Street is dripping with Arts and Crafts details such as a colorful hall light fixture with pendants, leaded glass windows with stained glass insets and heraldic motifs, and tons of built-ins. It all looks to be in good original condition, including never-painted woodwork, marble sinks and…
This circa-1900 Prospect Lefferts Gardens single-family house at 177 Winthrop Street is dripping with Arts and Crafts details such as a colorful hall light fixture with pendants, leaded glass windows with stained glass insets and heraldic motifs, and tons of built-ins. It all looks to be in good original condition, including never-painted woodwork, marble sinks and original cupboards in the updated kitchen. The house also has its own website with bigger photos. What do you think of it and the asking price of $1,300,000?
177 Winthrop Street [FSBO] GMAP
Is that light fixture an original or a reproduction?
I’ve never seen a fixture like that original to a Brooklyn row house. Seems more likely something you would see in a west coast bungalow.
I think someone that loved the house bought it, took care of it, and made it nice–then property values increased to the point where keeping it made no financial sense. I think it will be bought by a developer, stripped, razed, and some lovely 800 square foot condos with drywall and kitchen islands will rise in its place. So it goes.
I hope I’m wrong too.
LOL yeah that’s what I was thinking. That’s an Ikea-looking kitchen with less than 10 year old appliances. It might not be up to current trend in million dollar properties, whatever that is, but it looks fine to me.