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Midwood Park Colonial Revival With Pass-Through, Sleeping Porch Asks $2.8 Million

The single-family has a nice sprinkling of details including stained glass, mantels, and a vintage sitz bath as well as off-street parking and a studio.

standalone house in Midwood Park with brick first floor

Photo via Poljan Properties

by Susan De Vries

10/27/2025 2

For a home hunter looking for room to spread out, this early 20th century standalone has a roomy main level, an abundance of bedroom space, and a garage turned studio for those who want some distance while they work. In the Midwood Park portion of the Fiske Terrace-Midwood Park Historic District, the single-family at 51 Dekoven Court also has some period detail, a private driveway, and an attic with potential.

Dating to circa 1906 according to the designation report, the Colonial Revival dwelling was designed by the prolific Benjamin Driesler for the John R. Corbin Company. He was not responsible for the brick front porch; that was a 1920s alteration that took architectural cues from the original details of the house.

That front porch is now a spacious sunroom, adding an additional room to the main floor, which also holds a sitting room, parlor, dining room, and large kitchen. Five bedrooms are spread over the two upper floors, and there is the aforementioned unfinished attic. The finished basement has laundry, a gym, media room, storage, and one of the 3.5 baths in the house.

There have been a number of renovations over the years, including some at the time of the 1920s porch revamp, but there is a nice sprinkling of details including wood floors, stained glass, mantels, pocket doors, a pass-through, and moldings.

Off the foyer is the central parlor, which stretches almost the full width of the house with an arched brick fireplace at one end and a bay window at the other. There is a beamed ceiling, painted white, and columns framing the doorways leading to the foyer and a smaller sitting room.

The dining room has a columned mantel with a green tile surround, picture rails, and walls adorned with green wallpaper.

It looks like an original butler’s pantry was at some point combined with the kitchen to create one larger space. It has an industrial vibe with a large Garland range, commercial hood, and unpainted tin ceiling tiles. There is also a half bath, and French doors lead out to a patio and the converted garage.

On the second floor, one of the three bedrooms has access to the sleeping porch. That space has been divided to create an office, a windowed walk-in closet, and an expanded five-piece hall bathroom. Also accessible from the office, that full bath still has some vintage 1920s-era details like the tub and the sitz bath.

There is also an intact pass-through with a marble sink and built-ins connecting two bedrooms.

On the third floor, two bedrooms share another full bath.

The outdoor space includes a rear patio with room for dining as well as front and side yards. The converted garage, includes a kitchenette.

The house last sold in 2018 for $1.8 million. Peter Poljan and Dan Patsis of Poljan Properties have the listing and the Colonial Revival is asking $2.8 million. What do you think?

[Listing: 51 Dekoven Court | Broker: Poljan Properties] GMAP