Flatbush Charmer With Landscaped Yard Asks $2.2 Million

"A Dutch door leads from the updated kitchen to a yard with a bluestone patio. This neo-Federal house shares picturesque exterior details with its neighbors in the Albemarle-Kenmore Terraces Historic District. The Slee & Bryson-designed dwelling has the dormers, shutters, and other exterior details to be found across the compact district. At 2119 Albemarle Terrace, the single-family also boasts interior period charm, as well as an updated kitchen and landscaped rear yard with a bluestone patio and lush plantings."

"Between 1916 and 1917, notable architects Slee & Bryson created this charming enclave developed by Midwood Associates for property owner Mabel Bull. The architects, who Brownstoner columnist Suzanne Spellen described as one of the most important in early 20th century Brooklyn, designed row houses filling two cul-de-sac streets, as well as more substantial houses at each corner. Advertisements of the period pitched the properties as "a unique idea in one-family houses" available for $9,250. All houses in the development were included in the Albemarle-Kenmore Terraces Historic District designated in 1978."

"This 17.5 foot dwelling is still set up as a single-family with the living room, dining room, and kitchen on the main level, and two floors of bedroom space above. The basement isn't shown in the listing photos, but it includes laundry and a rec room. Walls and trim are mostly neutral throughout, with one bold exception, and the original wood floors stretch through many rooms. In the living room those wood floors have the herringbone pattern seen in other houses in the district."

"The living room also has a brick fireplace and pilasters framing a bay window, the doorway to the dining room, and that fireplace. The dining room features a bright shot of red while trim remains white. Windows provide views to the rear yard."

A Dutch door connects an updated kitchen to a yard with a bluestone patio. The neo-Federal single-family at 2119 Albemarle Terrace matches exterior features found across the Albemarle-Kenmore Terraces Historic District, including dormers and shutters. Designed by Slee & Bryson and developed by Midwood Associates for Mabel Bull between 1916 and 1917, the enclave includes row houses on two cul-de-sac streets and larger corner houses. The property remains configured as a single-family with living, dining, and kitchen on the main level and two floors of bedrooms above, plus a basement with laundry and a rec room. Neutral walls and trim, original wood floors, a herringbone-pattern living room floor, and a brick fireplace with pilasters support the period character, while the dining room adds red walls with white trim and rear-yard views from windows.

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