Building of the Day: 75 MacDonough Street
The BOTD is a no-frills look at interesting structures of all types and from all neighborhoods. There will be old, new, important, forgotten, public, private, good and bad. Whatever strikes our fancy. We hope you enjoy. Address: 75 MacDonough Street, corner of Tompkins Ave. Name: The Raleigh Neighborhood: Bedford Stuyvesant (Stuyvesant Heights Historic District) Year…
The BOTD is a no-frills look at interesting structures of all types and from all neighborhoods. There will be old, new, important, forgotten, public, private, good and bad. Whatever strikes our fancy. We hope you enjoy.
Address: 75 MacDonough Street, corner of Tompkins Ave.
Name: The Raleigh
Neighborhood: Bedford Stuyvesant (Stuyvesant Heights Historic District)
Year Built: 1902
Architectural Style: Renaissance Revival (Italian Renaissance)
Architect: William Debus
Landmarked: Yes
Why chosen: This has always been one of my favorite apartment buildings in Bed Stuy, one I used to walk by several times a week when I lived in the neighborhood. Debus was a very good architect, and this is a great Renaissance palazzo, with a grand cornice, richly detailed brackets and cartouches, and elegant windows. The building would easily look at home in Paris or Rome. It’s been getting some love lately, with new casement windows , and hopefully, some paint and repair on the way. William Debus designed many fine buildings in Bedford Stuyvesant, Crown Heights North and Park Slope.
or paris. this building is beautiful!!
(though if it were in austria, the entry wouldn’t have any steps and would lead to an interior court. but one can dream.)
Wow- Seconding tybur; totally looks like it should be kicking around vienna. Really beautiful, and well-done.
I don’t always comment, but love this feature.
This looks like a building I would love to live in or have on my block.
Regal, yet understated. Any information on the 2010 Brooklyn House Tours (Crown Hghts, PLG, Clinton Hill) would be greatly appreciated. I posted this query on the OT today without it being posted. I guess they have better things to discuss. So much for a blog about my beloved Brooklyn. Thanks in advance!
Love the arched windows with the inset oriels. (Are they called oriels when they are inset like that, MM?) Did I spell it right?
Looks like Austria.