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Originally constructed as a pair of row houses in 1854, these two buildings were combined in 1923 as a funeral parlor for the Brooklyn Casket Co.1 The buildings were modified in a Gothic style, with a one-story brick and stone extension to the front of the property in stone and new lintels

Row of five 4-story Italianate row houses. #498-500 altered later.

Appears to be the two-story addition to the larger loft building.