Stunning Brooklyn mansion lists for $12.49M after a renovation
The unusual and wonderful Brooklyn residence that Brownstoner once dubbed a 'Colonial Revival on steroids' returned to the market on Monday with a major facelift, according to StreetEasy. The 11,000-plus-square-foot mansion listed for $12.49 million — a nearly $10 million jump from its last sale price.
The landmarked home's listing representative, Mike Lubin of Brown Harris Stevens, told The Post that its current owner of eight years, an architect, restored the home to its former pre-war splendor.
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'This is considered kind of the Grand Dame of the neighborhood,' Lubin said. 'It was built with a lot of architectural detail, and the scale is very, very dramatic.'
12 The exterior of the home is unmistakable, with dramatically large eaves, unique windows and soaring Ionic columns.
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12 The large front porch.
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12 The entryway features a coffered ceiling, the grand staircase and one of several fireplaces in the home.
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12 The current owner restored the home's unique windows as well as its millwork.
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12 The chef's kitchen includes its own fireplace, as well as a 10-foot island and a marble farm sink.
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12 The dining room is lined with rich mahogany.
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12 A cozy library on the first floor.
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The home possesses the scale of a county manor, with stately two-story Ionic columns and an expansive porch. The interior spans 11,450 square feet, including nine bedrooms and 7.5 bathrooms.
When the mansion was last snapped up for $2.75 million in 2017, it was in a state of disrepair with peeling paint and rotting wood marring the once-grand facade. You wouldn't know it looking at the home today, however. The once 'creepy' home now boasts some of the most impressive curb appeal in the neighborhood, thanks to the extensive renovations.
These changes, according to Lubin, included bathroom, kitchen, roof, plumbing and central air upgrades — as well as restoring the pocket doors, fireplace mantels and 66 wood-framed windows.
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'It was like a puzzle that had to be taken apart and put back together,' Lubin said.
The front double doors lead to a coffered hall connected to a front parlor, a reception parlor, a mahogany-clad dining room and a library with bay window. The impressive chef's kitchen has a 10-foot island, a marble farm sink and its own fireplace — one of many fireplaces throughout the home.
The third floor — a former ballroom with 16-foot ceilings — has been converted into an entertainment room featuring a decadent bar and a spiral staircase up to a reading nook.
12 The primary suite.
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12 The ensuite bathroom features a freestanding tub.
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12 An additional bedroom.
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12 The furnished basement.
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12 The backyard.
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The private backyard, with its large stone patio and green lawn, is one of highlights of the home for Lubin.
'You feel like you're in Connecticut or Long Island,' Lubin said. 'It doesn't feel like an urban garden. It's incredibly peaceful.'
Attempts by a previous agent to sell the home for a higher $12.95 million between 2022 and 2023 were unsuccessful, but Lubin said this is partly to blame of the strangeness of the post-pandemic market.
'There were offers, but none that they wanted to accept,' he said.
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Prospect Park South was largely built by developer Dean Alvord at the turn of the 20th century. Alvord had with a vision of suburbia in the middle of Brooklyn. This residence, at 1305 Albemarle Road, however, was built by the little-known architect Henry B. Moore in 1905.
The home was notably featured in the Oscar-winning film 'Reversal of Fortune,' and scenes from 'Law and Order: Special Victims Unit' were filmed on the first floor.
The next owner of this opulent home will be in good company — the famed actress Michelle Williams bought her own 18-room mansion just down the block in 2016.
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