It was once the home of screen legends Cary Grant and John Barrymore. Now New York’s skinniest house is for sale; $2.75 Million will land you the 8.5 foot wide house! See photos, video and find out more about the landmark property that has had a stellar list of former residents including such 20th century icons as anthropologist Margaret Mead and poet Edna St. Vincent Millay.
Rich in cultural history that spans movies and literature of the past century, the house was built in 1873, and is located in the West Village at 75-1/2 Bedford Street in New York City. It is skinny indeed — as noted, a mere 8-1/2-feet wide and only 42-feet long, with three stories, and 990-square-foot total area. Thus at $2.75 million, it is selling for $2,777 per square foot. The historic house is in city guidebooks. Additionally, it was the inspiration for a novel by Ann McGovern who lived in the house briefly, and co-wrote the novel “Mr. Skinner’s Skinny House.”
The broker Alex Nicholas, of Corcoran, points out in a interview with the Daily News, regarding the property dubbed New York’s skinniest house.
“It’s a unique space - one of a kind…”It has a great sense of air,” said Nicholas. “It doesn’t feel like you’re in the city.”
The publication notes that real estate records reveal that Steven Balsamo, purchased the house in 2000 for $1.6 million from Christopher Dubs, who is an architecture preservationist. The house is described as having
floor-to-ceiling French doors in the rear, located on the first and second floor. They open out to a back yard shaded with trees, that is shared with neighboring buildings. Additionally, while the house has no side windows, it has a garret skylight on the third floor and as well as over-sized windows throughout, which compensate.
Here are several photos of the landmark house, once home to movie stars and famous writers.
Read more about the house and see additional photos as well as a video here. The house, additionally, can be seen in the video below.
For those house hunters who seek uniqueness as well as cultural and cinematic history, that is the latest news on New York’s skinniest house, now for sale for $2.75 million. More photos and video are below.
