"Russell was a trailblazer in every sense, developing nearly 90 row houses in the Bedford Historic District, located in northwest Brooklyn, New York, between 1871 and 1892. She often served as the owner, architect, and builder simultaneouslyunusual for a woman working in the male-dominated building industry of the Gilded Age. Her designs feature distinctive feminine flourishes: delicate plaster tapestries running along hallways and staircases, graceful curves in woodwork, and ornate ceiling medallions."
"We learned that this property in Bed-Stuy was the original home to one of Brooklyn's first female developers, Susanna E.C. Russell, Slocum says. And that's where me and Barry really got giddy. And we knew that this was going to be a project that had a lot of heart and soul into it."
"All woodwork was stripped of decades of dark varnish and refinished to a unified tone inspired by an original pier mirror."
The Brownstone Boys, Barry Bordelon and Jordan Slocum, completed a meticulous restoration of a four-story 1890 brownstone in Bedford-Stuyvesant. The property proved to be the original home of Susanna E.C. Russell, one of Brooklyn's first female developers who designed and built nearly 90 row houses between 1871 and 1892. Russell's work includes delicate plaster tapestries, graceful woodwork curves, and ornate ceiling medallions. Restoration work removed decades of dark varnish and refinished wood to a unified tone inspired by an original pier mirror. The long-term client provided functional insight and a European influence. The project aimed to honor historic details while adapting to modern living.
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