Vinegar Hill Bonus
More pictures and a look into the secrets of the Commandant's House
After last week's Vinegar Hill post, several people asked about the Commandant's House (pictured here), which I realized I may have given short shrift. After all, how many well-maintained early 19th-century mansions perched on a bluff on the corner of two of the city's shortest streets are there? Anyone who has wandered into this corner of Brooklyn and stumbled upon the 3-and-a-half-story building secreted away behind a 12-foot-high iron fence wants to know the story. I’ll get into it in a little more detail after the photos.
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