08/14/2026
This 100-year-old corner house in the Prospect Park South Historic District spent decades hidden beneath vinyl siding and a tar-paper roof, which concealed the cedar shingles and original woodwork underneath.
Once uncovered, we restored what we could and painstakingly reproduced the rest by hand: repaired columns, stripped balusters, new cedar shingles, restored wood siding, repaired chimneys, a rebuilt porch and stairs, new soffits, window trims, roof brackets—and that’s just scratching the surface.
Today, the neighborhood has regained one of its most important houses, helping restore the architectural character of a remarkable historic district envisioned by its original developer as a “park within the city,” with wide avenues and tree-lined streets.