Colonial Revival house on Buckingham Road, in the Prospect Park South section of Brooklyn.
Prospect Park South is a neighborhood created by developer Dean Alvord in the early 20th century out of parcels of land in Flatbush purchased from the estate of Luther Voorhies and the Dutch Reformed Church. In planning the community, Alvord had the foresight to bury utility lines underground and paved the streets at a time when many were still dirt roads or lined with Belgian bricks. Unlike today's planned communities, each house had a distinctive, individual design in a variety of architectural styles. The streets were given British-derived names to sound classy. It is one of the eleven neighborhoods that now comprise the area known as Victorian Flatbush.
This house was built in 1901. It was designed by Carroll H. Pratt in the Colonial Revival Style. Its original owner was Russell Benedict, who was a NY State Supreme Court judge and lived here until 1923. A NY Times real estate article says that it has 16 rooms, with five fireplaces, seven bedrooms, four and a half baths, and a two-car garage. Pros cited are "a parlor floor befitting an embassy," and Cons are "The enormous kitchen and bathrooms could use an update."
Some process pix. Initial drawing was done while attending a neighborhood block party. The capital on the right column is actually missing; I gave it a sketchbook-repair.
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