This once elegant Italianate style Mansion, built in 1930, as a multi-family co-op, is located steps from Fort Green Park. South Portland is named after Portland Place, an upscale street that connected Regent Street and Regent Park Terraces, one of London’s finest areas.
South Portland Street is often considered the most beautiful street in Fort Greene, and this house is one of the contributing factors. Architects, like Edward Kendall, designed mansions (1 South Portland) nearby worthy of the best Brooklyn Heights streets, or the tonier parts of Manhattan. The subject building is restrained and elegant in design, classically ordered and subtle details all supporting and "framing" the beautiful and large graduating double-hung Norwood Windows. Classical cornice and beautiful ironwork.
7 South Portland Avenue in Brooklyn is the subject of an extensive exterior restoration funded in part by the New York Landmark Conservancy, under the guidance of Lisa Easton AIA. Everything from the ornate ironwork front fence, grand entry stair rail and balustrade to the classically coursed and keystones brownstone facade and window pediments, and slated mansard roof above.
