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Photos: Live In Bushwick's Gorgeous Cook Mansion For $1,750
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Jen Carlson
Published Feb 25, 2014
Modified Feb 25, 2014
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Have you ever slowly slinked by this out-of-place-and-time mansion while riding the JMZ? It's gorgeous, just sitting there in the middle of Bushwick, like a castle. And now YOU can live there for the low price of $1750/month. A Craiglist post advertises it as newly renovated and "loaded with such charming features as hardwood floors, a front balcony, new appliances and so much more!" Here's what the 546-square-foot, 1-bedroom interior looks like:
The home used to belong to Dr. Frederick A. Cook, who according to Forgotten-NY was (possibly but probably not!) "the first American to climb Alaska’s Mount McKinley and the first explorer to reach the North Pole." Cook lived in the grand home, located at Bushwick and Willoughby Avenues, after brewer William Ulmer, who lived there after Catherina Lipsius. She was owner of the Claus Lipsius Brewing Company, and had the home constructed in the 1890s. It has also been a clinic, and was left abandoned for a time before being saved and renovated. That's a lot of history! So you can assume the rent is fairly reasonable because of all the ghosts you'll be sharing with. [via Bushwick Daily]
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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