The Gingerbread House Hits the Market
The Gingerbread House, the famous Arts & Crafts residence designed by architect James Sarsfield Kennedy, is for sale. (While it is more popularly known as the Gingerbread House, Forgotten NY points out that its formal name is the Howard E. and Jessie Jones House.) The 5,800-square-foot structure of uncut stone sits on a verdant one-acre…
The Gingerbread House, the famous Arts & Crafts residence designed by architect James Sarsfield Kennedy, is for sale. (While it is more popularly known as the Gingerbread House, Forgotten NY points out that its formal name is the Howard E. and Jessie Jones House.) The 5,800-square-foot structure of uncut stone sits on a verdant one-acre lot at 8220 Narrows Avenue just a block from the waterfront. With its thatched roofs and endless interior architectural details, the 1916 house is definitely one of a kind. And it comes with a one-of-a-kind price tag of $12,000,000. This should be interesting.
8220 Narrows Avenue [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP
Bxgirl,
Our ancestors had either actual, or for all intents and purposes, slave labor.
Your idea is pretty cool, though.
Yeah- but its got that wonderful thatched roof.
“the same house in Westchester county”
Dude–I hear your logic but this statement a bit much. This is a one of a kind house.
Beautiful house. But you really have to ask what you can get elsewhere for 12million.
for example for 12 million you can buy;
-the same house in Westchester county with it’s schools or the gold coast of long island at around 3 mil.
plus
-the vacation place in the hamptons at around 3 mil.
plus
-an Adirondack estate with 100 acres and a farm with main house and private lake at around 2 million
plus
-a prime brownstone in Park Slope or Fort Greene for that Brooklyn location.
or a spectacular pied a terre in Manhattan for 3 million
and you’d still have a million left over.
that said, this house is special, no doubt.
The Chateaux is gorgoreous, no doubt. And living in France has cachet- but I love this house. It’s much more me (so snappy, does this mean you wouldn’t visit C Car, Ardkay, MM and I in our not so grandiose residence?
Chateaux aside, places like this are real treasures. If I had teh money I’d make it a House Museum, and start programs for low income youth and teach them the skills and crafts to build and maintain historic houses a la St. John the Divine. We are losing so many skills and hand crafts- we can’t build a gothic cathedral today without machines, and pouring cement. Yet look at what our ancestors were able to do- all without electricity and modern tools. Kind of puts us to shame.
Putnam, Rob is very real…we’ve met him!
That does sound like hard times, Rob! LOL
Can we please trade Rob out for “the What.” Jon if you are creating these people to keep the site interesting, how about someone who just posts in French?
my people had it rough too 🙁 all we ever asked for were a couple crops for our circles and a working an@l probe.
*rob*