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The home is set up as a triplex over a garden floor rental. Built around 1867 or 1868, the four-story, twofamily
is 21 feet wide with tall ceilings and nearly floor-to-ceiling windows on the parlor floor.
Historic detail in Fort Greene
Well-preserved Italianate brownstone asks $3.695M
Stephen Zacks
Brownstoner
This brownstone in the Fort
Greene Historic District has
big proportions and well preserved
details. The exact condition
is unclear, but 259 Clermont
Ave. is already set up as
a triplex over a garden floor
rental and doesn’t appear to
need much.
Built around 1867 or 1868,
the four-story, two-family is 21
feet wide with tall ceilings and
nearly floor-to-ceiling windows
on the parlor floor. Its
many well-preserved details
include handsome carved marble
mantels, pocket doors with
etched glass, plaster crown
molding, and the original
curved staircase with (presumably)
mahogany railing
and newel post.
The dark stained trim in the
entry and hall makes the most
of the property’s elaborate Ital-
The marble mantels with
cast iron summer covers and
keystones — there are seven
mantels altogether in the house
— also show off the Italianate
curves. In the kitchen in
the rear of the parlor floor,
a swooping alcove over the
countertop puts a last exclamation
mark on the public
spaces of the triplex.
The open kitchen has an
island and a door to a terrace
with steps to the garden. The
kitchen hasn’t been updated
with new appliances, but otherwise
most everything appears
to be in place.
Upstairs are five bedrooms
spread over two floors, with
more of the light-colored
floors, marble mantels and
another arched plaster niche.
Each floor has a full bathroom
and abundant closets,
according to the floor plan.
A circa 1900 bathroom retains
its porcelain hex tiles
and clawfoot tub.
Located in a very central
area of Fort Greene a few
blocks from the park, 259
Clermont Ave. belongs to a
pair of brownstone Italianate
buildings. The designation report
notes that they’re nearly
identical to the nine townhouses
at Nos. 237-253 built
at the same time. They all have
heavy bracketed and arched
door and window hoods and
arched wooden cornices accented
with dentils and foliate
carvings.
The listing, from Douglas
(Doug) Bowen, Zia O’Hara,
and Simon Anderson of Douglas
Elliman, claims the house
measures 3,830 square feet.
It’s asking $3.695 million, or
about $965 per square foot.
Does that sound about right
for the location and historic
details?
Elliman
ianate arched details, such as
its arched double doors. The
parlor-level floors look to be
refinished without stain, the
light wood and white walls
accentuating the contrast of
the dramatic doorway trim.
Modern light fixtures and the
light floors give the space a
loft-like feel.
Elliman
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