These two buildings, one in Fifth Street and one in Seventh Street, are mirror images of each other. They are early apartment houses, with one apartment per floor (4-family "flats"). They are distinguished by the 3-sided bay window on the upper floors, above a recessed doorway behind a single pillar, and a very extravagant window enframement on the second floor. Neither building stands within the current Park Slope Historic District.
400 Fifth Street - unprotectedAccording to the 1897 Lain's Brooklyn directory, the residents of 400 Fifth Street included:
MOREY Edmund mer. h 400 5th
STAUDINGER Augustus L. salesman h 400 5th
WILLCOCK Mark C. salesman h 400 5th
397 Seventh Street - unprotectedThe 1897 Lain's lists the following residents of 397 Seventh Street:
HITCHCOCK Nelson H. h 397 7th
MEHRTENS John H. police h 397 7th
MEHRTENS Martin h 397 7th
MUGFORD harry clk. h 397 7th
WAGNER Edw'd O. engraver h 397 7th
By 1902, one of the apartments at 397 Seventh Street had been vacated and was listed for rent in the Brooklyn Eagle newspaper. Rent was $24/month.
Brooklyn Eagle, April 20, 1902
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