Grand Landmarked Italianate Townhouse in Fort Greene Has Ornate Detail, Five Working Fireplaces

Sponsored By Douglas Elliman

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There’s no shortage of impressive original detail in this grand Italianate townhouse at 118 Lafayette Avenue in Fort Greene. Built in 1860, the brick and brownstone house is located in the historic district.

It’s 23 feet wide, five stories high, and has five working fireplaces — one one each floor. The house is located on a corner, with windows on three sides, including two bay windows that overlook a huge garden and an original brick wall along Cumberland Street.

The outside features an exquisite hand-carved, deep-hooded foliate brownstone door surround. The parlor floor windows are full length, with brownstone table sills for window boxes. The fifth floor features dormer windows and a slate roof.

Inside are marble mantels, etched glass pocket doors, soaring ceilings, parquet floors, high arched doors, dentil molding and wedding-cake plaster detail, and the original staircase.

It’s set up as a three-family with an owner’s duplex on the first two floors, a 1.5-bedroom floor through apartment on the third, and a duplex on the fourth and fifth floors.

The dining room in the owner’s duplex has a rebuilt fireplace designed for grilling year-round. There are exposed beams and an open galley kitchen with ample counter and cupboard space.

The house is close to Fort Greene Park, the BAM Cultural District, shops and restaurants, and the G, C, 2,3, 4, and 5 subway lines.

Kathleen Perkins of Douglas Elliman has the listing, which is asking $4,499,999. Check out more photos below.

[Listing: 118 Lafayette Ave | Broker: Douglas Elliman | GMAP