Julius Liebman Mansion Hits the Market
The 1909 neo-Federal mansion at 378-384 Clinton Avenue in Clinton Hill has just hit the market with an asking price of $5,500,000. The 9,200-square-foot house is located on a 13,500-square-foot lot and comes with a carriage house fronting on Vanderbilt Avenue. Called “one of the most beautiful houses in Clinton Hill” by Landmarks Preservation Commission,…
The 1909 neo-Federal mansion at 378-384 Clinton Avenue in Clinton Hill has just hit the market with an asking price of $5,500,000. The 9,200-square-foot house is located on a 13,500-square-foot lot and comes with a carriage house fronting on Vanderbilt Avenue. Called “one of the most beautiful houses in Clinton Hill” by Landmarks Preservation Commission, 380 Clinton Avenue was built for Julius Liebman, an heir of the brewing company that later became Rheingold, by the architectural firm of Herts & Tallant, which also designed the Brooklyn Academy of Music. There was a small fire on the second floor last spring. The listing broker is Crosstown Companies; there’s nothing on the firm’s website, but you can call 718-937-8100 if interested. GMAP
Neo-clunky. Not feeling it.
meh. looks like a school to me.
Seems like if you are going to spend 5.5 million on a single family house (as opposed to a townhouse) it would be nice to have more than 2 feet between buildings.
Who wants to pay that much to have the north and south exposures abut brick walls.
At least the place yesterday at the Montauk Club had some air around it.
It does look Londony, you’re right.
Federal works great with the original federal era bricks. Slightly uneven mortar, inconsistent brick size. Doesn’t work in this noe-federal though. There are some great federal era houses in the town of Hudson up in Dutchess county.
No I want to know why people call neo-tudor “tudor” if they are not going to call neo-federal “federal”.
looks like its in london
I agree with you on this Sam. I used to live a couple of doors down from this building and while there are numerous stunning and amazing buildings on Clinton Ave this is not one of them. The grounds in back and the carriage house are nice though. The lot must be close to half an acre.
Yeah, I’m not really into it much myself, either.
The brickwork is nice though. And, I’m glad Rheingold is back on tap at some places.
I think this goes to show that even in the old days, architects sometimes had their off days. I find this facade clunky and graceless.