5. Packard House, Brooklyn Heights
This grand home which once stood at the corner of Henry Street and Joralemon Street was built for Edwin Packard, a successful merchant who worked for the department store A.T. Stewart & Co. Edwin and his wife had three daughters, Mildred, Elizabeth, and Clara, who were all well known in Brooklyn society. Their home at 241 Henry Street was constructed in the 1880s.
A Brooklyn Daily Eagle article describes the home as “unique and picturesque” with its many gables, jagged roofline, bay window, and parapet. Inside, the rooms were “cozy and oddly shaped and had the most perfect street views.” The home was demolished in 1950 to make way for a new apartment building.
