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BY STEPHEN ZACKS
A fairly spectacular Colonial
Revival standalone singlefamily
home designed by Slee
& Bryson in 1906 is advertised
as “country living in the city,”
and that sounds about right,
considering the driveway, garage,
sauna and canning room
in the basement. The address
is 197 Rugby Rd., and it’s in the
Prospect Park South Historic
District.
It’s got dormers and intersecting
peaked roofs over a
fi ve-window bay and a neo-
Colonial columned porch, half
of which was enclosed in 1947.
Aluminum siding has hidden
additional exterior details, according
to the historic district
designation report, but there’s
still a lot to see here, particularly
on the inside.
Past the front door with diamond
paned sidelights is an
impressive oak-lined stair hall
with coffered ceiling, built-in
shelves, space for seating, corktile
fl oors, wainscoting, leaded
and stained glass windows,
and an inglenook with woodburning
fi replace.
Adjacent is a huge living
room with windows on two
sides and parquet fl oors. The
parquet continues into the
dining room beyond, which
has another bay window and
beamed ceiling. A built-in
china cabinet, unusual modern
shutters and radiator covers
under the windows appear
to be later, circa 1940 additions.
The kitchen is renovated
in a modern farmhouse style
with extensive butcher-block
wood countertops, cork fl oors,
white subway tile backsplash
and white cabinetry, including
a wall of pantry closets. There
is also a breakfast room and a
powder room on this level.
Upstairs there are six bedrooms
spread over two fl oors and altogether
a dozen closets, including
a walk-in closet on the top
fl oor and a dressing room in
the master suite.
In the cellar is a fi nished rec
room, laundry, toilet and the
aforementioned steam room
with adjacent changing room,
and canning room. The front
yard is nicely landscaped, and
the rear yard paved, with a tree
and tidy-looking garage.
The mechanicals have been
updated and the house has central
air conditioning, according
to the listing, from Karen
Talbott and Kyle Talbott of
Corcoran.
and 3.5 bathrooms
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The architects John Slee
and Robert Bryson formed the
Slee & Bryson offi ce around
1905 and had both previously
worked with the Brooklyn architect
John J. Petit, who designed
many houses in Prospect
Park South, according to
the designation report for the
Albemarle-Kenmore Terraces
Historic District, where they
went on to do extensive work in
the 1910s. The report also notes
that they both served as presidents
of the Brooklyn Chapter
of the American Institute of
Architects.
The house is asking $2.995
million, which works out to
about $920 per square foot,
based on the listed 3,258 square
feet of interior space. What do
you think of the property and
the price?
Sprawling Colonial
Revival in Prospect Park South asks $2.995M
This 1906 revival features a garage, inglenook, and sauna, among other
unique details. Corcoran
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