"It is in the Clinton Hill Historic District and, according to the designation report, it is one of a row built by Benjamin Linikin in 1877. Ads of the period show Linikin was constructing other brownstones on Clifton Place, Greene Avenue, and Grand Avenue. By 1878 he was advertising houses on Vanderbilt Avenue near Dekalb with "brownstone fronts and all modern improvements.""
"Arched entry doors lead to the stair hall, which contains the first of several ceiling medallions in the house as well as the original stair. Pocket doors with ornamental fretwork open into the front parlor with a high ceiling, wood floor with inlaid border, another ceiling medallion, and a marble mantel. Another set of pocket doors leads to the rear parlor, which has another impressive mantel and a niche framed with corbels."
The 1870s Clinton Hill brownstone at 309 Vanderbilt Avenue was built in 1877 by Benjamin Linikin and sits in the Clinton Hill Historic District. The narrow, under-19-foot-wide rowhouse retains original architectural features including a rusticated basement, incised ornamental details, a high stoop, and an iron cornice. Interior elements include marble mantels, wood floors with inlaid borders, pocket doors with ornamental fretwork, multiple ceiling medallions, the original stair, and niches framed with corbels. The house is arranged with kitchen and dining on the garden level, double parlors above, bedrooms joined by a pass-through, and a hidden setback third floor with a bedroom, bath, and finished attic. Some interior spaces were photographed in 1976.
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