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
I always called this the Hansel and Gretel House. The photos don’t do it justice. The interiors are beautiful. French doors have fragments of medieval stained glass bought from who knows who in France before they forbade such things. The driveway has a turntable so you can turn the car around and face out or in. I think part of the value here is that there is a very large sideyard that is a developable lot. I shudder to think what could happen there. The couple who own it love it. I wonder why they would be selling.
There’s a Gingerbread House exactly like this, down to the thatched roof, on Edgewood Avenue in New Haven. I wonder if it’s the same architect.
“The 5,800-square-foot structure of uncut stone”
I think I’ll look at it. I’m always interested in anything “uncut.”
This house is my wet dream, and Bay Ridge ain’t so bad.
i think the co-housing people should buy this place. im not sure why im saying that, i just think they should.
*rob*
bxgrl – Maybe he’d like a two-fer – I want it too.
“omg- who do I have to marry, sleep with, kiss up to or kill to get this house?”
bxgrl, when will you learn that I am ALWAYS watching?!?! Have you no SHAME, woman? And you can bet I’ll be having someone taste all my food from now on.
A “Dinging Room”?! I’ve always wanted one of those!
omg- who do I have to marry, sleep with, kiss up to or kill to get this house? Can anyone give me money?