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The Lantern House

44 Rowan Terrace, Rowan Hill

$3,450,000

Row of ornate 19th-century brownstones on Rowan Terrace, carved stone stoops climbing to arched double doors
The Lantern House · photographed at dusk, as always

The story of the house

The Lantern House was built in 1888 for a shipping merchant who wanted the corner light — and the corner is still the point. Twelve-foot parlor ceilings, plaster medallions poured on site, and a mahogany stair rail that has been polished by four generations of hands.

The current owners spent three years restoring rather than replacing: pocket doors re-hung on their original tracks, heart-pine floors releveled board by board, and a chef's kitchen set quietly into the garden level so the parlor floor keeps its 1888 posture.

It is the rare brownstone that asks for nothing. You could close on a Friday and host Sunday lunch — which, as it happens, is exactly how I intend to market it.

Worth noticing

  • 5 wood-burning fireplaces, 5 original marble mantels
  • 12-ft parlor ceilings with restored plaster medallions
  • Garden-level chef's kitchen, La Cornue range
  • South-facing garden, bluestone terrace
  • Original pocket doors and heart-pine floors
  • Full-height cellar with wine room
Carved sandstone columns and curved stoop balustrades along the Rowan Hill streetscape
Carved sandstone columns and curved stoop balustrades along the Rowan Hill streetscape
Sun-dappled sidewalk under mature elms beside wrought-iron stair railings in Rowan Hill
Sun-dappled sidewalk under mature elms beside wrought-iron stair railings in Rowan Hill

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