31 West 76th Street

> For the connoisseur and lover of art and authentic period architecture, this spacious 20'-wide, 5-story brownstone with 13 rooms, 5 large bedrooms, 5 full baths and 2 powder rooms has just been listed at $12,000,000. > It is the only renovated 20'-wide single family house on a CPW block for under $17,000,000. > The house was designed in 1887 by George M. Walgrove, a noted residential architect on the Upper West Side. > The tasteful museum quality restoration/renovation retains the original mahogany and oak panelling, inlaid parquet floors, mantels (5 woodburning fireplaces) and elegant staircase. > This is a very bright house with high ceilings and many large windows on every floor. > The original stoop leads to a vestibule, foyer, front parlor, living room, wet bar, powder room and two wood-burning fireplaces on the high-ceiling parlor floor. > A spacious curved stair in the all-glass extension descends to the formal dining room and landscaped garden. > The garden level also includes a large professional kitchen, full-width breakfast room, powder room and two large closets. > A stairway leads to a fully waterproofed, finished basement with recreation room, laundry room, large walk-in cedar closet, boiler room and two large storage rooms. > The third floor is a master suite with a large bedroom, master bath with large marble slab walls, dressing room, library, office and two wood-burning fireplaces. > The fourth floor has two large bedrooms, each with ensuite bath and walk-in closet, one wood-burning fireplace and a large terrace. > The fifth floor has a large bedroom with bath in the rear and a bright suite with bedroom, living room and kitchen in the front. > The house is centrally air conditioned. > While already quite spacious, the house has 2,500 square feet of useable air rights and could be expanded upward and to the back if desired.