732 Macon St

732 Macon Street is a two family, double duplex, brownstone with three stories, a garden level and a cellar on an 18 x 100 foot lot. Original details can be found throughout the home which includes encaustic vestibule tiles, waist high wainscoting, fretwork, and decorative fireplace mantels. The front parlor also contains original arch headed stained glass transoms and a floor to ceiling pier mirror. The current owner recently updated the roof, heating, plumbing, and electrical systems. You will be proud to make this lovely brownstone your own. Built in 1891 by Cornell and Barnes with builder Wilfred Burr, the style of this house is in the Romanesque/Renaissance Revival tradition, adding to the wonderful streetscape of this beautiful block of Macon Street. Over the last century, much of the original detail has been maintained inside the home and on the block. The home is handsome from the outside and full of Victorian charm on the inside. Only Steps from Saratoga Square Park, the house is part of the proposed Stuyvesant East Historic District, an area of stunning 19th Century townhomes and apartments. Take away the cars and street signs, and you have an area that resembles the way it looked over hundred years ago. The surrounding blocks are row after row of high basements two and three story exquisitely designed townhouses set upon broad tree lined streets and avenues. Developed between 1880 and 1910, Stuyvesant East section of Bedford Stuyvesant is an almost exclusively residential neighborhood with small businesses, shops, and fine restaurants serving the community. Beautiful and quiet block, backyard garden, close to park, original 19th Century details throughout and easy transportation with many buses and the C and J subway stops nearby.