Tree-lined gravel lanes branched off the road leading to mansions of marble and pine.
High ceilings, white walls and abundant natural light from floor-to-ceiling windows highlight the original marble mantels, pine floors, ceiling moldings and medallions.
Fort Greene Brownstone $1,549,000 BROOKLYN6363 South Elliott Place A four-story, 3,600-square-foot Italianate brownstone with original marble mantels, pine plank floors, pier mirrors and period moldings.
They have ornate ceiling moldings, marble fireplaces and wide pine floorboards.
Recently, 60 guests filled the hallway with 13-inch pine floorboards, marble borders and arched stone columns.
$900,000 to $1.2 million Park Slope $1.062 million356AA 14th Street, Brooklyn Number of bedrooms: 4 Number of full bathrooms: 2 Number of half bathrooms: 0 Time on the market: 1 week 3-story recently renovated prewar town house; tin ceilings, pine floors, marble mantels, skylights, 12.5-by-100-ft.
The granite and marble rectangle lies under a pine tree in Mr. Benson's front garden.
The duplex retains much of its original charm, with its painted tin ceilings, soft pine floors and marble fireplaces.
A one-of-a-kind 12-room duplex at 655 Park Avenue, whose distinctive layout was commissioned in 1924 by its first owner, a Rockefeller family member with a fondness for massive marble fireplaces and antique English pine woodwork, is about to be placed on the market by its third owner, Karen McGarry Karp.
INSIDE: The three-story house, whose oldest section dates to the 1820s, was built using local chestnut, pine and oak and marble quarried on the property.
Its two-story great hall with trompe l'oeil windows, faux marble walls and unpainted wide-plank pine floors have all been restored to their initial style.
