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 agree that this house will likely go to someone who covets it. That’s what happened with the current owners. We had a long chat with them a couple years ago while they were out in their yard playing with their dog. The husband grew up in the neighborhood and apparently always loved that house.
Either that or someone who craves something historic and one of a kind. It really is an amazing property and the fact that it is next to the HS is not really much of a detterent. Narrows is a lovely block overall.
I live just a few blocks from this house, and have loved it for years. I doubt it will fetch $12M in this climate, but I can easily imagine $7-9M. The place is immaculate, and unlike anything else I’ve seen in Brooklyn/New York. Sadly the roof is shingled, not actually thatched as reported above.
12M for living in low class Bay Ridge?
Well…this section of Bay Ridge is very upscale but the Ridge is not classy but tacky so called-how U doing rich in this section.
6-7millions tops.
I never understand why people say, “Oh, you could get a house like this (wherever) for less money/with more land, etc… It has nothing to do with the houses covered on this site. If you want a house elsewhere, you should be looking elsewhere. The whole point is that this is a unique opportunity for someone with truly deep pockets to have an amazing home in Brooklyn. Of course that begs the question – does someone with that kind of money want to live in this house, given that it is in Brooklyn? My bet is yes – but it’s not going to be some A-List Hollywood type or Wall Street Whiz.
Yes you could go to Scarsdale or somewhere upstate to buy a house like this with more land. But then you wouldn’t be in Brooklyn anymore.
That’s why I asked if it was on the National Register (like the Saitta House in Dyker Heights) – not just NYC Landmarks Register. Anyone know?
I saw that mopar- i did reply to you yesterday. were you sen ding it to bx2bklyn at gmail? I seem to be getting email at that address- post on the OT when you can. Thanks-
Bxgrl, just FYI, I sent you quite a few messages before and after you said you had not received any response from me. I think there’s some kind of technical problem.
Etson- perhaps you’re into charitable giving? Hint, hint.