House of the Day Park Slope

Park Slope Townhouse With Plasterwork, Mantels, Woodwork Asks $4.3 Million

Located next to Prospect Park and completed in 1908, fashionable details of the time still decorate the home’s interior.

entry and front parlor with pier mirror, wood floor

Photo via Brown Harris Stevens

by Susan De Vries

03/23/2026 0

Houses in this row near Prospect Park were described as blending “artistic design” with modern amenities when first advertised in 1908. Then-fashionable details were mostly left intact throughout the interior of 593 Fourth Street, including plasterwork, mantels, wainscoting, a pier mirror, a pass-through, and built-ins. The single-family house has also been updated to accommodate the current concept of modern living.

Within the Park Slope Historic District, it is one of a row of 16 houses designed by Brooklyn architect Arthur R. Koch for developer Otto Singer. Brownstoner’s Suzanne Spellen described the location as “one of the classiest blocks in Park Slope” with the neo-Classical houses a testament to the talent of the architect. While the details vary along the row, all are richly ornamented.

While Singer mentioned the Indiana limestone fronts and brownstone stoops in his 1908 ad, he saved the bulk of the wordy copy to detail every interior detail, from the location of the servant’s toilet to the style of the lighting fixtures. On the parlor level, the white and gold front reception room featured “Tuscan columns with Corinthian caps,” while the dining room had a “heavy artistic beam ceiling.” The second floor included two large bedrooms with separate bathrooms while the top floor had three bedrooms — the smallest designated as the maid’s room.

Charles Rhodes, a merchant born in Denmark, and his wife Mary Rhodes moved into No. 593 by 1909, a city directory shows. They lived there until 1952, when Charles died. Census records over their decades in the house show the couple typically had at least one servant in residence.

The single-family home has a kitchen in the rear extension of the parlor level with much of the detail left intact in the front and middle parlors and the dining room. There are two bedrooms on the second floor along with a full bath. On the top floor, the front and rear bedrooms are joined by a pass-through. There is a third, narrow bedroom, and a full bath. The basement has a powder room, laundry, and storage space.

Details start at the parlor-level entry with plasterwork, wainscoting, and wood floors with an inlaid border. The front parlor has the aforementioned pier mirror along with picture rails, moldings, and a ceiling medallion.

Wainscoting and plasterwork from the entry extends into the middle parlor. The doorway to the dining room is framed with pilasters. It is a wood-filled dining room, with the ceiling mentioned in the 1908 ad, a mantel with original tile surround and insert, and wainscoting capped with plate shelves.

In the windowed kitchen there are wood cabinets, stainless steel appliances, and a corner sink. A door provides access to a rear deck.

Carpet covers the steps of the original staircase and the hallways of the upper floors. The bedrooms still have their original wood floors and two of the five bedrooms boast mantels.

A glimpse of the pass-through on the top floor shows a fretwork screen, a marble sink with medicine cabinet, and a wall of built-ins.

One of the two full baths is shown. It has white tile covering the walls, floor, and vanity counter with a floral accent tile.

According to the listing the parlor level was updated with air conditioning alongside “updated utilities.”

Peter Grazioli of Brown Harris Stevens has the listing and the townhouse is priced at $4.3 million. What do you think?

[Listing: 593 4th Street | Broker: Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP