The row was apparently constructed in 1887 by local Brooklyn builder James Jack:
The flat, brick facades are enlivened with simple brownstone trim, and by an unusual row of terra-cotta tiles below the second and third stories:
The brickwork runs continuously from one building to the next, and the terra-cotta band drops by two courses of bricks from house to house:
James Jack also built many buildings within the nearby Park Slope Historic District, including nearly the entire south side of 12th Street between 8th Avenue and Prospect Park West:
474-482 12th Street, Park Slope Historic District
James Jack, owner; Thomas Bennett, architect; 1899-1900
James Jack, owner; Thomas Bennett, architect; 1899-1900
484-514 12th Street, Park Slope Historic District
James Jack, owner; William Calder, builder/architect; 1898-99
James Jack, owner; William Calder, builder/architect; 1898-99
Jack's distinctive buildings in 10th Street are similar to several other rows of multifamily dwellings elsewhere in Park Slope:
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