Windsor Terrace 'Honestly Constructed' Two-Family With Parquet, Moldings Asks $2.65 Million

While there aren’t a ton of listing photos, what we can see of this early 20th century two-family in Windsor Terrace shows some original detail, including parquet, woodwork and wall moldings. It’s also located just a few blocks from Prospect Park, at 56 Sherman Street.

The bow fronted limestone is one of a row of houses built circa 1908 by Brooklynite William M. Calder. A U.S. Senator and prolific builder, Calder put up so many homes in Windsor Terrace the area was known as Calderville. A 1919 profile of the neighborhood in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle boasted of its “wide, clean streets with beautiful shade trees” and dwellings that were “artistic in appearance.” More than 700 of those homes were built by Calder, according to the article.

Calder’s work on this stretch of Sherman Street began in 1908 and by 1909 he was advertising the two-family “honestly constructed” houses with an “unsurpassed location” for purchase.

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This one is still set up as a two-family, with a floor-through apartment above a duplex owner’s unit. The duplex apartment is set up with kitchen and dining on the garden level and parlor and bedrooms above. The listing photos are largely restricted to the bow-fronted rooms on each floor of the house — including some virtually staged views.

There’s a glimpse of an original staircase on the main level along with parquet floors, wall moldings and a ceiling medallion. According to the listing there’s also a pier mirror. Below, the dining room has more parquet, painted woodwork and a tin ceiling. There is a view of the kitchen, with tiled floors and Shaker-style cabinetry. There are two full baths in the duplex, one per floor, but none are pictured.

The two-bedroom apartment above has a kitchen in the rear and living room in the bay facing the street. Again, this is the only room shown and, as expected, it’s not as elaborately ornamented as the main level, but there are wood floors and painted woodwork. There’s a tiled hearth but no mantel to accompany it. The apartment was available for rent in 2018 and the listing photos show parquet throughout, a galley kitchen and a blue-tiled bathroom.

Back in 1909, the house would have set you back $9,250. It’s now on the market for $2.65 million with James Cornell of Corcoran. What do you think?

[Listing: 56 Sherman Street | Broker: Corcoran ] GMAP

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