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Greek Revival with columns
Historic B’Heights townhouse going for $7.995M
By Stephen Zacks
Brownstoner
Opa!
This elaborate 25-footwide
circa 1848 Greek Revival
townhouse in Brooklyn
Heights is quite a Balkan
celebration, with its five stories,
columned parlor level
supporting an open 16-foot
span, two French doors with
muntins and transoms leading
to a brick terrace, dentil
crown moldings, and doors
and windows framed with
ear moldings.
It has five wood-burning
fireplaces (that’s a lot!) and
central air.
The floors are parquet with
a variety of inlaid wood decorative
borders. The fifth story
is set back, with a rose-covered
brick terrace facing Manhattan.
The address is 270
Henry St. in coveted Brooklyn
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Brown Harris Stevens
Heights, where it is part
of the historic district.
It’s got a cornice ornamented
by foliate brackets,
projecting stone lintels bracketed
on the parlor level, and
expressive stoop railings with
cast iron spiral twist balusters
topped with scrolls. In
“Old Brooklyn Heights:
New York’s First Suburb,”
Clay Lancaster mentions the
front entry’s handsome surround
with its Greek ear detail,
fashioned out of brownstone.
It’s a bit hard to see in
the listing photos and Google
Street View, but shows up in
the PropertyShark images and
the 1940s tax photo.
The setup is a seven-bedroom
quadraplex over a onebedroom
garden rental. It’s got
5 and a half bathrooms that are
not shown in the photos.
The kitchen is nicely renovated
with custom white
cabinets and stainless-steel
appliances. The unit has bathrooms
on every floor, a laundry
on the fourth floor, and an
abundance of walk-in closets.
The top floor, the one with
the terrace with views, has
a study or family room plus
guest quarters, according to
the listing, from Phyllis D.
Norton Towers of Brown Harris
Stevens.
The garden is a bit wild, a
nice feature if you like to be
surrounded by foliage. It has a
brick patio and brick wall instead
of the usual fence, with
decorative arches and a lion’s
head bas relief.
Like a sprawling Prospect
Park South listing from last
week, the quadraplex seems
like a lot of house to put to
work for one family, but again,
that’s none of our business.
The garden-floor rental
is souped up with one of the
wood-burning fireplaces, two
bathrooms, its own entrance,
laundry, and an additional
room in an extension.
Given the condition, location
and $7.995 million ask,
do you think it will move
quickly?
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