With a wraparound porch and striking gambrel roofline, this detached home has curb appeal aplenty along with rich original interior details, oodles of bedrooms and a garage. While it’s in Flatbush, the house, at 722 East 22nd Street, is located in the micro nabe of South Midwood.
One of the many neighborhoods carved out of former Flatbush farmland, construction kicked off in South Midwood in 1900 with the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reporting the neighborhood would “revel in the diversified possibilities of the Queen Anne, colonial and Eastlake styles.” Houses in the area were required to cost at least $4,500, according to the Eagle, and the duplication of house designs was discouraged. One of the builders at work in the area was John R. Corbin, who bought and developed lots on East 22nd Street. A map of 1906 shows most of the lots on the block of East 22nd Street (once known as…
