A Remarkably Untouched Queen Anne in Park Slope

"They're four stories tall with brick façades and small gated gardens, but they have almost nothing else in common. Some have squared-off, stepped-up gables, others rise into pointy peaks, and others are capped with mansard roofs and teensy dormer windows. Cast iron that frames windows and cornices has been pressed into scrolled ferns and sunbursts and animal heads. Some have stripes of rough stone, others have rows of dentil molding."

"In the 1990s, Fournier and Wellington lived nearby in a co-op and fell for the row. "It was love at first sight," Wellington said, describing the house (the same went for meeting his wife, he added). Wellington worked in finance but had studied history and architecture. Fournier loved antiques - a hobby she would later turn into a job as a dealer, on top of a career in dance and performance. When No. 470 went on the market, they ventured inside."

""The good news was that the house had mostly only served a single family and had not been touched in over 60 years," said Wellington. "The bad news was that the house had not been touched in over 60 years." Wellington and Fournier bought from Adele and Frank Tucker, siblings who had been there since before World War II. They sold the house along with whatever was in their cellar, where a century of families had stored boxes and tools,"

On 9th Street in Park Slope a row of whimsical four‑story brick townhouses displays a variety of gables, mansard roofs, cast‑iron ornament, rough‑stone stripes and dentil molding. Three houses feature wide arches over third‑floor balconies; number 470 uses that perch for holiday décor. Michael Wellington and Dale Fournier bought number 470 in 2002 after falling for the row in the 1990s. Wellington worked in finance and studied history and architecture; Fournier loved antiques and later became a dealer while pursuing dance and performance. The house had mostly housed a single family and had not been touched in over sixty years. The sellers, Adele and Frank Tucker, included cellar contents—boxes, tools, thermometers and an old tube radio.

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